Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana on August 29, 2005. It hit land as a Category 3 storm with winds reaching speeds as high as 120 miles per hour .

5 p.m.: The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, issues its first advisory about the tropical system that will become Hurricane Katrina. The advisory notes that the season's 12th tropical ...

The team also includes Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated producer Ryan Coogler from Proximity Media, who directed the ...

As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, National Geographic has announced a powerful new documentary se ...

According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest storm since 1928 responsible for 1,200 deaths. It was the costliest U.S. hurricane on record with $75 billion in ...

This story appears in the August 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the United States Gulf Coast and became one of the most devastating ...

An eclectic mix of people moved into New Orleans' most lead-tainted neighborhoods after the 2005 hurricane. Now parents and volunteers are cleaning up yards, schools, parks.

Hurricane Katrina devastated U.S. Gulf Coast communities five years ago, leaving behind ruins that persist to this day. But at least one of Mother Nature's iconic creations survived intact, and ...

When Hurricane Katrina tore into the Gulf Coast states ten years ago, leadership was in as short supply as tarpaulins. President George W. Bush was excoriated for his inept handling of the crisis ...

Hurricane Katrina is widely considered the measure for a destructive storm, holding the maximum Category 5 designation for a full 24 hours in late August 2005. It lost strength as it passed over ...

Since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans ten years ago, data has played a central role in tracking how the city has transformed. The storm greatly changed the physical and demographic makeup of ...

With the Gulf oil spill largely gone, at least at the surface, you can rest easy that the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast landfall won't be marked with a "firecane" or "black ...