NEW ORLEANS — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast with catastrophic storm surge and flooding, New Orleans marked the storm’s anniversary Friday with solemn memorials, ...

Twenty years ago last week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, La., about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans. Thousands of people had evacuated in advance of the monster storm. But ...

Before the storm, the city tried to engineer water out of sight. But, David Waggonner says, “you can’t live with water if you ...

When Hurricane Katrina launched its assault on New Orleans in summer 2005, East Texans did the only thing we could – we helped. We welcomed evacuees. We made sure they had places to stay and had gas ...

A recent gathering in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward featured former Vice President Al Gore and New Orleans rapper Mia X. As the nation’s news outlets cover the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, ...

Learn about the remarkable actions of Dr. Juan Gershanik, a dedicated neonatal doctor who saved lives during Hurricane ...

After the Border Patrol arrived in Louisiana, a couple and their five children went into hiding. That meant less food, few ...

Soon after Hurricane Katrina had passed, but long before the flood waters had receded, came the deluge of do-gooders. The rebuilding of metropolitan New Orleans involved around 500 new nonprofits (in ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina impacted New Orleans and changed the world’s view on natural disasters and recovery. The artist Dapper Bruce Lafitte remembers New ...