HOUSTON — When Katrina made landfall in August 2005, it brought entire communities in New Orleans to their knees. Rachel Allen, who fled the storm, still finds it difficult to talk about. “You saw the ...

Tree branches crushed cars. Boats smashed into rooftops. I saw a coffin floating down the street in floodwaters. Streetlights didn’t work. People drove the wrong way on the Interstates. Packs of wild ...

It’s difficult to believe that it has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, causing catastrophic flooding in New Orleans and along the Mississippi coast. Today many are still dealing ...

What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Friday, August 29, marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. We look back at one of the costliest and deadliest storms to strike the United States.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, ultimately becoming one of the most catastrophic and defining natural ...

When Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast in August 2005, it left New Orleans devastated and tens of thousands displaced. In the days that followed, Houston’s Reliant Astrodome opened its ...

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the rows of pastel “Katrina Cottages” scattered across Louisiana still stand as reminders of both government ambition and bureaucratic missteps. In 2006, the ...

Hurricane Katrina roared ashore along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005. USA TODAY reporter Rick Jervis lived in New Orleans from 2007 to 2013, reporting on the city's recovery from the storm. Would New ...

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...