Congress wants to address Americans’ apathy and cynicism about disaster preparedness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a Congressman said today. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the House Select ...

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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 ...

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered. As the nation looks back on ...

Like many other meteorologists around the U.S. Gulf Coast on the morning of August 26, 2005, Alan Gerard was monitoring the latest computer model forecasts for Hurricane Katrina—which had just emerged ...

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 ...

For the next 12 months, WDSU will feature stories on the people who played key roles before, during and after the storm.

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 ...

Aug. 29 marks 20 years since one of the deadliest hurricanes in American history rocked the Gulf Coast region. Hurricane Katrina landed in Louisiana, wreaking havoc on hundreds of thousands of ...

In August of 2005, another hurricane in the forecast dominated headlines from coast to coast, but this wasn't just any hurricane, nor was it another story for "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin ...

A new documentary revisits Hurricane Katrina, 20 years after it decimated the Gulf Coast. “Hope in High Water: A People’s Recovery Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina” will stream on Friday, Aug. 22, ...

The brand new ABC special Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts premieres on the network Friday, Aug. 29 at 8/7c. The hour-long special is hosted by ABC’s Good Morning America ...