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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, Mercedes Toregano still remembers the brown suitcase she’d packed for what she’d expected to be a few days away. As the storm barreled ...