This is the first story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In November 1960, three ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans had more than 7,000 public housing units, according to a congressional report. Though largely spared from the storm’s winds and ...

While New Orleans has grown by 150,000 residents since Katrina, it is still far from its peak population. Like many great American cities, New Orleans’ population peaked in the mid-20th century.

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins ... both to the east and west. 2. Before the storm's landfall an ...

Cuts, chaos, and climate change are converging to leave Americans more vulnerable to disaster than they were in 2005.

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the disaster’s legacy still shapes America. It exposed deep racial and economic disparities, strained infrastructure, and challenged our ...

Leaders in metro New Orleans say they have tested, checked and prepped everything they can for hurricane season, which starts Sunday. Why it matters: They say the lessons learned in Hurricane Katrina ...

Many remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that devoured the city of New Orleans in 2005 ... foundational issues within those structures before moving forward with tearing down 62 ...