NEW ORLEANS - Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore along the northern Gulf Coast, becoming one of the deadliest and most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history. The Category 3 ...

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On Sept. 2, Bush toured the Gulf Coast and signed a Congressionally approved $10 billion relief package. He pledged to crack down on crime, restore power and get supplies to the needy. He even ...

The body of a 20-year-old man who disappeared while swimming off Bean Point Aug. 31 was recovered Sept. 1, the latest in a ...

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stands before a wall-size satellite image of Hurricane Katrina as it headed for landfall on Aug. 29, 2005. "The eye came in right there over the Pearl River, ...

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SkyEye flew over the scene off the Gulf Freeway near the University of Houston. It is currently unclear how many buildings ...

Aug. 19 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday unveiled its long-term schedule for new Alaskan and Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas leases that are part of President Donald Trump's ...

If this storm becomes more organized before it moves over land, it would become Tropical Storm Fernand. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a reporter and meteorologist for The Times. A potential tropical ...