These ongoing challenges highlight Hurricane Katrina’s lasting impact on human health and environmental sustainability in New Orleans and other areas.

It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level. Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ...

As the anniversary of the harrowing event approaches, New Orleans natives still grapple with its effects on their mental ...

In the United States, Florida is probably the state most synonymous with hurricanes. Though it’s not quite the hurricane ...

Edward Buckles captures New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina in new Essence Magazine covers New Orleans shines as the ...

Bellau, 47, is credited with rescuing over 400 people during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, bringing survivors who were confined to their homes due to murky floodwaters to safety aboard a 24 ...

CNN.com asked readers to share their thoughts about Hurricane Katrina ... sandbags instead of water, food, clothes, tents at the Superdome, and inflatable rafts in the flooded residential areas?

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans nearly 20 ... The blooming, pink plant survived, as if the area had been unaffected by dangerous flooding and saltwater intrusion.

During his second term, President Bush was criticized for the federal government’s response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina. “Katrina ends up being a media domestic version of ...