Sexton: Twenty Years on, Images From Hurricane Katrina Remain Stark

Katrina Destroyed New Orleans’ Early Childhood Education. Twenty Years Later, It’s a Model for Success. - Non Profit News

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Meet Nadra and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast 20 years ago this week, Rochelle Wilcox had no evacuation plan. She didn’t even know a storm was coming. But as word spread that the cyclone was heading for New Orleans, she and her husband turned on the news, catching an interview with a Mississippian who lost hi…

Sexton: Twenty years on, images from Hurricane Katrina remain stark

Katrina redefined for many the power of water following the initial landfall of storms.

New Orleans Dean on the Church’s Impact After Katrina - The Living Church

The Very Rev. David DuPlantier was just several years into his role as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit. The Category 3 storm led to surges that broke the levees and submerged the city’s Lower 9th Ward. The disaster claimed thousands of lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. The Garden District, where the cathedral sits, was among the one-fifth of the city that was not completely flooded or destr…

How New Orleans evacuees found a new life in Tulsa after Hurricane Katrina

LOCAL Kimberly Marsh, The Oklahoma Eagle Louvenia Jessemy, one of the last of the Camp Gruber evacuees to leave, hugs an American Red Cross volunteer as she prepares to board a bus on Oct. 6, 2005. Photo by A. Cuervo, Tulsa World Archive Shana Miller won’t forget the grave looks of Louisiana officials after they first witnessed the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.  Then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Mayor Ray Nagin flew out to look at what would ev…

Liberty Hill community was among those to assist following Hurricane Katrina

Twenty years ago last month the nation’s eyes and heart revolved around the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Katrina. Millions along the Gulf Coast were left homeless and more than 1,800 persons lost their lives. Damages exceeded $100 billion.