In August 2005, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded hit the United States.

Displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Karen Riley Simmons is finally returning to her New Orleans home after 20 years in ...

Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm that made landfall off the Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 120 miles per hour. Because of the ensuing destruction and ...

Twenty years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina cemented itself in history as one of the deadliest and most devastating disasters to strike the United States. Katrina claimed the lives of 1,392 ...

What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through ...

Hurricane Katrina left scars across Louisiana and Mississippi that are still evident 20 years later. Katrina claimed at least 1,392 lives — both during the storm and in its aftermath — and was America ...

On Aug. 19, 2005, a tropical wave formed in the Caribbean, one of many that hurricane season. But this one would evolve into one of the most devastating storms in U.S. history. Ten days later, after ...

Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (2005 Staff file) Michael Boyd navigates a commandeered boat through flooded streets. Boyd volunteered to take other volunteers out on his fishing boat to search for ...

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 ...

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