Katrina flooding 'unimaginable': official at nursing home deaths trial

A New Orleans flood-control officer testified Friday that two nursing home owners could not have imagined the amount of water that would flood their parish during Hurricane Katrina. His comments came ...
New Orleans City Business

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money

It has been 20 years since New Orleans‘ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina, causing a flood that claimed almost 1,400 lives and inflicted more than $150 billion in economic damage.
Scientific American

Half of New York City’s population is at risk of ‘extreme’ flood damage

While New York City leads in terms of the absolute number of people threatened by flood, more than 98 percent of New Orleans’ ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Katrina’s destruction marked 20 years later

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, ...
KTVU

Maps: New Orleans before & after Hurricane Katrina's floods

BEFORE: New Orleans on August 26, 2000. (NASA image by Jesse Allen using data provided by USGS Center for EROS and the Landsat Project Science Office at Goddard Space Flight Center.) 80% of New ...

'It's bad': Flood authority turmoil raises concerns ahead of hurricane season

Lawmakers question the levee district police chief’s contract as the state attorney general reviews an investigative report.
AOL

Hurricane Katrina in photos, 20 years later: "We're the land they forgot about"

Hurricane Katrina was described as "a slow-motion catastrophe" on "60 Minutes" on Sept. 4, 2005, six days after slamming the Gulf Coast. Twenty years later, the storm is known as the costliest and one ...
The Hill

Katrina’s lessons show we shouldn’t abandon FEMA and all of its progress

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. After crossing over Florida, the storm affected all five gulf states. Coastal Mississippi was devastated by storm surge, and New Orleans ...
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20 Years Later: Remembering Hurricane Katrina’s Unprecedented Impact

This month marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina carved its name into the history books as one of the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters in American history. 20 Years Later: Remembering ...
WHDH

New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with solemn memorials, uplifting music

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...
Cinema Blend

I Expected Katrina: Come Hell And High Water To Be Just Another Documentary. Here's Why I Was Very Wrong

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water is about so much more than the flood. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twenty years ago this ...