US EditionKatrina’s Lessons Show We Shouldn’t Abandon FEMA and All of Its Progress
- On August 29, 2025, New Orleans will honor two decades since Hurricane Katrina struck with memorial events, artistic performances, and a traditional brass band second line parade.
- On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck southeast Louisiana as a major hurricane with winds classifying it at Category 3 strength, leading to levee breaches that submerged approximately 80% of New Orleans, caused roughly 1,400 fatalities, and inflicted extensive destruction.
- The commemoration includes a healing ceremony in the Lower Ninth Ward, panel discussions on recovery, museum exhibits, documentary screenings, and a rally featuring local artists and prayers.
- New Orleans' population has decreased from nearly 500,000 before Katrina to around 384,000 today, with a significant number of Black residents prevented from returning due to a lack of affordable housing and discriminatory federal loan programs for home repairs.
- City leaders are pushing to make the Katrina anniversary a state holiday, highlighting ongoing challenges like infrastructure vulnerability, gentrification, and the need for continued community resilience.
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Hurricane Katrina 20 years later — striking photos highlight New Orleans’ resilience
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, AP photographer Gerald Herbert projected images of places at their worst moments onto how those same locations and neighborhoods appear today. By bringing August 2005 in New Orleans into August 2025, a generation later, these photos show not only what disaster looked like but also what recovery and resilience look like today.
America after Katrina: 20 years later, lessons that changed disaster response
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana/Mississippi Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,800 people dead and entire communities destroyed. The storm not only exposed vulnerabilities in levees and infrastructure but also highlighted gaps in emergency planning and federal response.
Twenty years after the devastating passage of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans solemnly commemorated the anniversary of the storm.
'GMA's' Robin Roberts returns to Gulf Coast 20 years after Hurricane Katrina in ABC News special
In her new special, "Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts," Roberts returns to some of the hardest hit areas, retracing the same steps she took while reporting in the days and weeks after the storm.
20 years later: Inside an aid helicopter after Katrina
Editor's note: Target 8 investigator Ken Kolker was a reporter at The Grand Rapids Press when Hurricane Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005. Within days, he was covering West Michigan’s response. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — I reached hard-hit southern Mississippi in the belly of a helicopter: a red Bell LongRanger flown by former U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot Kevin Nelson of Traverse City. It was an 800-mile trip from the Ottawa Executive Airport …
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