Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Aug. 19, 2005, a tropical wave formed in the Caribbean, one of many that hurricane season. But this one would evolve into one ...

Meteorologist Richard Knabb was working his first season as a forecaster at the National Hurricane Center when Hurricane Katrina hit Category 5 status in the Gulf of Mexico. He was pulling together ...

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The devastation of Hurricane Katrina sparked sweeping changes in hurricane forecasting and emergency preparedness. Forecast models, satellite imagery, and real-time data from Hurricane Hunter aircraft ...

Twenty years ago, few people in New Orleans were paying attention to a tropical depression forming over the Bahamas. The Crescent City was enjoying a lazy summer in late August. But within days, that ...

NEW ORLEANS (WISH) — 20 years ago this week, the costliest hurricane in US history impacted the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina caused over 200 billion dollars in damage when you adjust costs to the ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which decimated New Orleans and communities along the Gulf Coast, leading to one of the largest and most sudden relocations of people in U.S.

Hurricane Katrina did more than flood a city; it revealed America’s racial and class fault lines in ways the world could not ignore. On August 29, 2005, levees broke, waters surged, and over 1,800 ...

NEW ORLEANS — On a quiet street in the Gentilly neighborhood, a small brick house stands as a testament to one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. It's one of thousands of homes that flooded ...

Today marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, leaving a mark on history that still weighs heavy on New Orleans and surrounding communities. On August 29, 2005, the Category 5 ...

In a city where memory is as layered as the soil beneath its streets, where culture rises defiantly through rhythm, ritual, and resilience, the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina arrives as both a ...

On Aug. 19, 2005, a tropical wave formed in the Caribbean, one of many that hurricane season. But this one would evolve into one of the most devastating storms in U.S. history. Ten days later, after ...