After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...

Manhole covers appeared to be levitating in a major city this week, sparking fears of an imminent catastrophic natural ...

From Eddie Murphy to Errol Morris’ take on the Manson family murders to the 20-year legacy of Hurricane Katrina ... devastated New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2005. “The people of New Orleans recount ...

Hurricane Katrina ... 2005, causing severe flooding damage to cities from New Orleans to Biloxi. New Orleans faced catastrophic flooding, leaving much of the city underwater after the levees ...

As Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on Aug. 25, 2005 ... had no air conditioning and temperatures had reached the 90s. Significant flooding from broken levees caused the Superdome ...

The strong winds of a hurricane push the ocean waters around and cause water to pile up under the storm. The low air pressure of the storm ... devastating storm surges. Hurricane Katrina’s surge in ...

The air buzzes with bees and crickets ... The last time I was here was at a lively senior prom in 2005, a few months before Hurricane Katrina, and the ensuing levee and flood-wall failure ...

View Article Sources "U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather And Climate Disasters." NOAA National Centers For Environmental Information, 2021. Service Assessment: Hurricane Katrina August 23-31 ...

In this episode of Tiny Matters, Sam and Deboki unravel two very different environmental disasters: Hurricane Katrina and this ... what we call back levees. That system was started in 1965, and it was ...

As the storm moves west, it pulls warm air ... is Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans, Louisiana, and parts of Mississippi in 2005. Though the storm had reached a Category 5, by the time Katrina ...

When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005, people flocked to New Orleans ... d weathered the worst — until the city’s levees failed and floodwater surged through the city.