In August, 2005, America suffered one of the worst disasters in its long history when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. The massive storm caused widespread damage across the region, but it was in ...

"Perhaps, too, some had not even been able to completely pay for their ocean passage," Luthy writes. "Thus, a small community ...

New Orleans city leaders held their final Mardi Gras preparation meeting, outlining new safety measures, quicker setup plans, and added support ahead of the season’s biggest parades.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern U.S. history — but nature wasn’t the only cause. The storm was tracked for days, simulations predicted catastrophic flooding, and ...

Many snowfall records were set, especially along the Gulf coast from Louisiana to the western Florida panhandle. For the ...

New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for ...

We’ve learned a lot,” said State Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, R-Houma, who chairs a House panel on disaster recovery. “We ...