Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the Bayou. The storm lasted from August 23 to 31, 2005.

Twenty years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina cemented itself in history as one of the deadliest and most devastating disasters to strike the United States. Katrina claimed the lives of 1,392 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Aug. 19, 2005, a tropical wave formed in the Caribbean, one of many that hurricane season. But this one would evolve into one ...

On August 31, 2005, New Orleans drowned. Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters swallowed the city, and with it, the hope of ...

Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (2005 Staff file) Michael Boyd navigates a commandeered boat through flooded streets. Boyd volunteered to take other volunteers out on his fishing boat to search for ...

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, floodwaters overwhelmed the iconic Charity Hospital, shuttering the historic 20-story complex in the heart of downtown. Two decades later, ...

What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through ...

This story, headlined "Soft soils under levee sank city," was originally published Oct. 15, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...

Across the Southeast, hurricanes dominate conversations from June through September. But this year feels different—it marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in ...

This story, headlined "Old West has nothing on Katrina aftermath," was originally published Aug. 31, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The ...

Mississippi state officials, including Governor Tate Reeves (R), honored the victims of Hurricane Katrina on the 20th an… Journalist and author Trymaine Lee discusses his documentary, “Hope in High ...

On Aug. 19, 2005, a tropical wave formed in the Caribbean, one of many that hurricane season. But this one would evolve into one of the most devastating storms in U.S. history. Ten days later, after ...