When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 ... I had nightmares about the flooding in New Orleans.” Blackman says surviving the experience wasn’t the catalyst for her helping people ...

NEW ORLEANS - We're less than 50 ... the numerous canals within the city during Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005, were just too much for the flood walls to handle. That led to the failure ...

I’m very concerned about putting politics back into flood protection,” said board member Richard Duplantier. “There's no ...

A popular and low-maintenance plant, the Peggy Martin rose, became a symbol of resilience after Hurricane Katrina. See why.

Black New Orleans withstood the battle ... The levee failures following Hurricane Katrina resulted in citywide flooding and the destruction of over 130,000 homes in the city.

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

He won awards for pioneering journalism on the hurricane vulnerability of New Orleans. Then Katrina hit and washed the awards away.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) âÄî Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced the city to reluctantly ... that the government had turned a corner since its bungled response to Katrina. Faced with traffic ...

Today, green infrastructure projects on Ms. Chalk’s block can capture 8,800 gallons of rain per storm, and Water Wise has ...

When it made landfall in southeastern Louisiana, Katrina was a Category 3 ... the topics being discussed at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans this year. "There are really two ...