Redlands Daily Facts

20 years later, reporter’s memories of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction still strong

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 ...
Redlands Daily Facts

Images of after Hurricane Katrina endure 20 years later

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 ...
KHOU 11

20 years since Hurricane Katrina: Remembering the Astrodome’s 'finest hour'

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 ...
AOL

A look at the meteorology behind Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

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 ...
WLOX

Katrina20: Deep dive into the track, intensity, surge and impacts in South Mississippi

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - From the 1947 hurricane to Camille in 1969 and all the storms before, after, and in between, the Mississippi Coast is no stranger to the destructive force of hurricanes. It is ...
The Boston Globe

Several myths still surround the infamous Hurricane Katrina two decades later. Here are a few.

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 ...
Fox 12 Oregon

Friday is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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.
New Orleans City Business

Built after disaster, ‘Katrina Cottages’ still stand

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 ...
Houston Chronicle

Photos from 20 years ago show life inside the Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina

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 ...
USA Today

I went back to see if New Orleans' culture survived Katrina. Here's what I found.

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 ...
WLRN

Ways hurricane forecasts have changed since Katrina

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 ...