Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana on August 29, 2005. It hit land as a Category 3 storm with winds reaching speeds as high as 120 miles per hour .

5 p.m.: The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, issues its first advisory about the tropical system that will become Hurricane Katrina. The advisory notes that the season's 12th tropical ...

A Race Against Time, the upcoming five-part National Geographic docuseries, executive produced by Ryan Coogler, was the focus ...

As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, National Geographic has announced a powerful new documentary se ...

According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest storm since 1928 responsible for 1,200 deaths. It was the costliest U.S. hurricane on record with $75 billion in ...

An eclectic mix of people moved into New Orleans' most lead-tainted neighborhoods after the 2005 hurricane. Now parents and volunteers are cleaning up yards, schools, parks.

Hurricane Katrina devastated U.S. Gulf Coast communities five years ago, leaving behind ruins that persist to this day. But at least one of Mother Nature's iconic creations survived intact, and ...

When Hurricane Katrina tore into the Gulf Coast states ten years ago, leadership was in as short supply as tarpaulins. President George W. Bush was excoriated for his inept handling of the crisis ...

This story appears in the August 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the United States Gulf Coast and became one of the most devastating ...

Having just reached hurricane strength, Hurricane Isaac is poised to make landfall in New Orleans Tuesday night—just hours before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast ...

Reminders of Hurricane Katrina are present in even some of the most recovered of communities. ... The Lower Ninth Ward, which I documented as a National Geographic Explorer in 2012, ...

With the Gulf oil spill largely gone, at least at the surface, you can rest easy that the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast landfall won't be marked with a "firecane" or "black ...