The map below shows the potential flooding from overtopping and rainfall resulting from a hurricane with a 0.2 percent chance of occurring in any year, a so-called 500-year storm: BY DAN SWENSON ...

Most people are shocked at just how extensive the Katrina flooding of New Orleans was. Below, zoom in on your part of the U.S. to see how much of your area would have flooded if it had a similar ...

Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new ...

The 2005-versus-2007 maps clearly show that some repairs made to hurricane protection system since Katrina have dramatically reduced the potential flooding that could occur from a hurricane with 1 ...

The new maps mean flood insurance for these areas is optional. But with half the city at or below sea level and memories of post-Hurricane Katrina flooding, some worry they send the wrong message.

This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and ...

The survivors of Hurricane Katrina are beginning to rebuild. And just as predictably, the debate over where they should rebuild and what the U.S. government should do to encourage or discourage ...

The images of New Orleans in the wake of flooding from Hurricane Katrina are ingrained in many people's minds -- people escaped floodwaters with just the clothes on their backs. North Carolina saw ...

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, flooding 80 percent of the city, killing more than 1,400 people and displacing hundreds of thousands. Here is a selection of maps ...

Most people are shocked at just how extensive the Katrina inundation of New Orleans was (see map below). In the second map offered, zoom in on your part of the U.S. to see how much of your area ...