One time I went in and found a black-beanie-wearing Katrina refugee named Cedric ... out of New Orleans because he thought the levee was going to break. I told him about the book I was working ...

When we think of hurricanes, images of swirling winds and torrential rains often come to mind. However, some hurricanes have gone beyond the typical storm, ... Read more The post 9 Record-Breaking ...

He covers everything from breaking ... Hurricane Katrina in 2005, arriving in New Orleans before the storm arrived and filing on the chaos and flooding that hit the city as the levees broke.

One time I went in and found a black-beanie-wearing Katrina refugee named Cedric tending the ... from someone who got out of New Orleans because he thought the levee was going to break. I told him ...

A year ago the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. A month later Hurricane ... the city for a few days after the levees broke? Presumably many of those ...

but levees along the Intercoastal Canal and 17th Street Canal ultimately were breached by storm surge, flooding about 80 percent of the city. To date, 1,325 people have been confirmed dead across five ...

For more than two decades, Elliott has been one of NPR's top breaking news reporters. She's covered dozens of natural disasters – including hurricanes Andrew, Katrina and Harvey ... of lighting ...

In a fiery, profanity-filled interview, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré does not hold back when he describes his experience during Hurricane Katrina. Viewer discretion is advised.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge left the Baltimore community forever changed. What has America learned from past ...