The defining moment of the Flood of 1997 was a husband and wife being interviewed by a KCRA-TV reporter. They were standing ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region are marking the 20 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which occurred on Aug. 29, 2005. The historic predominantly Black community of the Lower 9th Ward held ...

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It has been 20 years since New Orleans’ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane ...

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Like other Gulf Coast cities after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Gulfport required residents to build at higher elevations and enforced a stronger building code. But most residents near ...

NEW ORLEANS (TNND) — August 29 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made history as one of the most devastating natural disasters in the United States. New Orleans is commemorating the anniversary ...