The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the most severely affected areas. Hurricane Katrina had devastating impacts. The storm surge and subsequent flooding caused extensive damage to ...

(Hurricane Rita would make landfall a mere three weeks later.) While Katrina impacted the Bahamas, South Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area and the city ...

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked President Bush to declare an emergency for her state Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Rita's arrival somewhere on the Gulf Coast. Earlier, Blanco declared a state of ...

When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they’re typically ...

Readers of the BBC News website from some of the areas worst affected by Hurricane Katrina have been emailing us their accounts in the wake of the devastating storm. Downed telephone and power lines ...

Hurricane Helene is already the deadliest mainland hurricane since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ... that the specific areas hit and the demographic groups most affected are important factors.

Katrina made landfall initially ... according to the NOAA. In 2017, Hurricane Irma "caused widespread devastation across the affected areas and was one of the strongest and costliest hurricanes ...