Today, twenty years ago, George W. Bush was president of the United States, and Ray Nagin was the mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Gulf Coast, creating one of the worst ...
Across the Southeast, hurricanes dominate conversations from June through September. But this year feels different—it marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in ...
On this week's episode, we dip into our well of stories marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures. Public health reporter Drew Hawkins explains how small, local ...
A family displaced by Hurricane Katrina recalls the Minneapolis community’s generosity during the harrowing ordeal. A New Orleans family displaced by Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago is reflecting on ...
Joe Edwards is a Live News Reporter based in Newsweek's London Bureau. He covers topics related to weather, climate, and extreme weather events. Joe joined Newsweek in April 2024 after graduating from ...
Every now and then, nature goes out of her way to remind us of our fragility. For all of our technology, wealth, military might and intellecutal prowess, all it takes is a foot of rain, mud or snow to ...
A Boulder store is lined with black and gold, but its owners' team wasn't always the Colorado Buffaloes. Paula Johansen and Christopher Riley are Saints fans, raised in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina ...
AND DEATH ALONG THE GULF COAST. ONLY ON KCCI, OLIVIA TYLER SITS DOWN WITH THE YOUNG SURVIVOR WHO FLED LOUISIANA FOR IOWA TWO DECADES AGO ON THE SOMBER ANNIVERSARY. I REMEMBER EVERYONE THINKING IT WAS ...
Tovi Khali, 52, a former New Orleans nightclub singer has put down roots in Chicago, 20 years after evacuating her home city during Hurricane Katrina. In late August, WGN News visited her as she mixed ...
"Just that defiant spirit in me refused to die," Lucrece Phillips tells PEOPLE National Geographic Lucrece Phillips and her family survived Hurricane Katrina by sheltering in the attic Her daughter ...
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. In New Orleans, many initially thought they had ...
Lucrece Phillips was still in a body cast after undergoing neck and back surgery when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005. As she and her family sought shelter in their attic from the ...