For the next 12 months, WDSU will feature stories on the people who played key roles before, during and after the storm.

Hurricane Melissa is stronger than Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, forecasters warn. While both storms reached sustained winds of 175 mph at their peak, Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm.

The Category 5 storm, whose sustained wind speeds surpassed those of Hurricane Katrina, peeled roofs off homes, swelled rivers and drew dire warnings from officials. By Judson Jones Nazaneen Ghaffar ...

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 ...

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...

Those who picked up an edition of the Houston Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2005, would have no doubt heard of Hurricane Katrina and understood its impact. But on the off chance they didn't know beforehand, ...

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 ...

Gov. Tate Reeves proclaimed Aug. 29 as Hurricane Katrina Remembrance Day. The commemoration serves to honor both the survivors and the lives lost during the fatal storm that devastated the Gulf Coast ...

Katrina's origins was a tropical wave that traversed off the Coast of Africa on August 11th. It moved its way through the Leeward Islands and merged with a previous Tropical Depression named T.D Ten ...

Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall told reporters Saturday that Northwestern didn't allow the Green Wave to wear white uniforms during Saturday's 23-3 win, jerseys that were a nod to the 2005 squad who ...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a storm that forever changed New Orleans. To commemorate its passing, I have been talking with other survivors, watching documentaries, and ...