When a hurricane nearly tore everything apart, it also forged an unbreakable bond between a desperate mother, a heroic doctor ...

The five-part documentary premiering Sunday on National Geographic is at once highly compelling and difficult to watch, though you should.

Twenty years ago this August, the winds blew, the water came up and lives were changed. To remember and pay homage to the ...

Sept. 22, 2005 — -- One of the more dramatic rescue stories from Hurricane Katrina comes from New Orleans East, where doctors and law enforcement officials saved more than 1,000 frozen ...

In about two hours, the hospital staff hurriedly carried 50 seriously ill patients, their ventilators and medical equipment up a flight of stairs. Without air conditioning, the temperature inside ...

(CNN) — Most people don’t expect Mimi Hymel to remember Hurricane Katrina. After all, she was only 3 when the Category 5 storm slammed into her Louisiana home in 2005.

Although the hospital was equipped with 3 emergency generators, challenges in energy supply became immediately apparent. On Monday, August 29, 2005, the hurricane moved in and a series of ...

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. *When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, the storm left not only physical devastation but emotional scars that have lasted for ...

The full “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time” series will air on National Geographic over the course of two nights starting on Friday, July 27 at 5 p.m. PST.

In the immediate aftermath of Katrina, Hymel said there was no shortage ... and finding a sense of comfort in the midst of a crisis. “After Hurricane Ian, I was able to donate to the hospital I was ...