Katrina and Rita were just a couple of memorable hurricanes that have struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Francine will soon be ...

New Orleans’ housing crisis illustrates the problems for cities across the nation attempting to rebuild from natural disasters.

The governor declared a state of emergency as residents sandbagged homes and considered evacuating. As Hurricane Francine ...

‘why are these people coming here?’” A message board for Hurricane Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The arena hosted More than 16,000 storm victims arrived at the arena ...

Surviving the storm gave Daniel Aldrich a new focus: understanding how disasters shape the politics of a place.

With winds exceeding 125 mph and a massive storm surge, Katrina overwhelmed the region ... with communities coming together to restore what was lost and build a safer future.

Jay Grymes, the Louisiana state climatologist, said in a news conference that the weather forecast, which doesn't anticipate any heavy rain in the coming ... from Katrina was followed by storm ...

But Katrina also had a profound impact on the cities where evacuees fled. In Houston, 300 miles to the west, more than 200,000 victims arrived after the storm, many coming in on evacuation buses ...

Amid predictions of sea level rise, higher storm surge and increased storm activity, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources have launched two projects to ...

In August 2005 Hurricane Katrina slammed into the United States ... by flying planes directly into the storm. Our whole job here is to save lives and property Lt David Cowan, hurricane hunter ...

Katrina Babies on Aug. 21. The documentary offers a close look at the aftermath of the storm and its impact on youth in New Orleans. Filmmaker and director Edward Buckles, Jr. joins us for more on ...