PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Friday, August 29, marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. We look back at one of the costliest and deadliest storms to strike the United States.

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - From the 1947 hurricane to Camille in 1969 and all the storms before, after, and in between, the Mississippi Coast is no stranger to the destructive force of hurricanes. It is ...

Katrina claimed the lives of at least 1,300 people across the Gulf Coast. Twenty years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina cemented itself in history as one of the deadliest and most devastating ...

Social media would have allowed survivors to counter rumors, challenge misinformation, and tell the public directly what's happening. During an interview with Dr. Dale-Marie Wilson, a computer science ...

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 ...

Before situating Mr. Koontz’s reflections within the broader political discourse, it is important to revisit the origins of ...

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...

Lt. Col. Sean Cross, a Hurricane Hunter, recounts his experience flying a reconnaissance mission for Hurricane Katrina and the storm's devastating impact on the Mississippi Coast. Cross, a New Orleans ...

Those who picked up an edition of the Houston Chronicle on Aug. 31, 2005, would have no doubt heard of Hurricane Katrina and understood its impact. But on the off chance they didn't know beforehand, ...

Water surrounds homes in the devastated Ninth Ward in this aerial view of damage from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. (Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) On Aug. 29, 2005 — exactly ...

Modern technology has given meteorologists more detail than they’ve ever had on how storms behave. Here’s what they’re doing with it. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for ...