Hurricane Katrina ... significantly flooding the low-lying city and causing much of the damage. In 2015, then-President Barack Obama said of Katrina, "What started out as a natural disaster ...

Hurricane Katrina was ... make it highly vulnerable to flooding. So, when the levee breached in New Orleans, it compounded the damage Katrina dealt to the city. As a result of the levee failures ...

Many remember the devastation of Hurricane ... the city’s history. The area is finally undergoing a much-needed renovation. An estimated 1,833 people died from Hurricane Katrina and the flooding ...

Katrina was the third most powerful storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, said History.com. "In the wake of the storm, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls around New ...

The New Orleans Levee Protection System was designed to protect the city from massive flooding. The levee system was born out ...