How hurricane forecasting has changed since Katrina

Hurricane Katrina 20 years later: Forecasting improvements, first-hand stories

ST. LOUIS - Aug. 29 marks the 20 year anniversary of the devastating Hurricane Katrina making landfall along the Gulf Coast. Meteorologist Chris Higgins sat down for Friday's edition of Weather Extra with a National Hurricane Center meteorologist to talk forecasting improvements since then, in addition to former FOX 2 reporter Roche Madden who traveled to cover the natural disaster in New Orleans. Watch Weather Extra weekdays live at 3:30 p.m. C…

Since Katrina: How tracks and intensity forecasts have improved in 20 years since Hurricane Katrina

The National Hurricane Center has seen up to 50% improvement in track and intensity forecasts for hurricanes.

How hurricane forecasting has changed since Katrina

Since Katrina, hurricane forecasting has improved "in almost every way imaginable," according to experts.

Hurricane Katrina by the numbers: These figures tell the tale of the catastrophe

A brief summary of key facts and figures related to the storm, which changed New Orleans forever and remains the costliest U.S. hurricane on record.

See Hurricane Katrina's shifting forecast cone as it rolled through Florida on way to New Orleans

MIAMI – When Hurricane Katrina churned through the southwest Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico in late August 2005, forecasters originally believed the storm would remain largely a Florida threat and not push westward into the central Gulf, but factors not captured by computer models caused the major hurricane to become potentially the "big one" for the Big Easy.The cyclone’s first forecast cone, issued Aug. 23, showed the storm gathering stre…

How Researchers Have Studied the Where, When, and Eye of Hurricanes Since Katrina

On 28 August 2005, New Orleans area residents received a bulletin from the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Slidell, La., warning them of “a most powerful hurricane with unprecedented strength.” One excerpt of the chilling announcement, issued via NOAA radio and the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Alert Service, read, BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS…PETS…AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE …