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 ...

Katrina's damage in 2005 dollars was estimated at $125 billion. Hurricane Harvey, the 2017 storm that delivered more than 60 inches of rain to the Houston area, remains in second place among ...

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.

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 ...

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

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a ...

“While psychological first aid was at the forefront of the minds of mental health professionals who worked in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, it was not a priority, or part of the ...

Katrina’s damage in 2005 dollars was estimated at $125 billion. Hurricane Harvey, the 2017 storm that delivered more than 60 inches of rain to the Houston area, remains in second place among ...