NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The thousands of people who took shelter in the New Orleans Superdome couldn't completely escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. The storm has now torn two holes in the roof of the ...

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

It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, causing the deaths of more than a thousand people and leaving hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of damage in its wake. A ...

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and became a defining moment in modern American history. The storm made landfall near New Orleans as a category three hurricane, but its ...

We called it 'Faces of Katrina' ... the video above is a look at all those we featured.

On August 23, 2005, the storm isn’t cause for concern yet. It’s the 12th tropical depression of the season, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It’s by the Bahamas; it’s thought that ...

A flooded neighborhood east of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 30, 2005 - Dave Einsel/Getty Images This week brings a somber anniversary for the Gulf Coast: It was on August 29, 2005, that ...