How Hurricane Katrina exposed failures in disaster response and changed FEMA, evacuations, and emergency planning in America.
Across the Southeast, hurricanes dominate conversations from June through September. But this year feels different—it marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in ...
Recent decades have brought a series of powerful and destructive hurricanes that have reshaped communities across the United States and its territories. From record-breaking rainfall and catastrophic ...
In August, 2005, Anand Irimpen, a cardiologist and a professor at Tulane University, evacuated New Orleans during the approach of Hurricane Katrina. He and his family watched it make landfall from a ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — “Surviving Katrina” is currently on display at The Tate Etienne and Prevost Center. It’s an exhibition by the artist Ted Ellis that shows the fortitude of New Orleans 20 years ...
The role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in emergency response is part of the national response plan for disasters. The agency is involved in the preparedness and planning ...
More than two decades after Hurricane Katrina disrupted Perry County’s historical museum, reopened the space April 18.
As NASCAR mourns Kyle Busch, a moment from his very first Cup Series win reveals the kind of man he was.