Hurricanes combine unyielding winds and torrential rain to create some of Earth’s most powerful storms. When these storms near land, wind can cause devastating damage, even spawning tornadoes. But the ...
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm that made landfall off the Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 120 miles per hour. Because of the ensuing destruction and ...
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, National Geographic is releasing "Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time." The five-part series documents "the ...
Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural catastrophes in American history, unleashed a tremendous storm surge on southeastern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Left alone to ...
A Boston native and current University of Oklahoma student plotted every U.S. hurricane landfall since 1851, totaling 307. The map reveals a surprising truth about New England: this region, known for ...
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, roared into southeastern Louisiana. It tore through the Gulf Coast with catastrophic ...