3 Hurricane Katrina survivors look back 20 years later and find hope

Hurricane Katrina survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast.

• Aug 30

Hurricane Katrina in photos, 20 years later: "We're the land they forgot about"

While Hurricane Katrina's toll didn't become clear for days, the storm ultimately led to nearly 1,400 deaths, according to the National Hurricane Center.

• Aug 29

A look at the meteorology behind Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States, first formed as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa.

• Aug 29

20 years after Katrina, Mississippi town still waits for FEMA funding to rebuild

FEMA still owes Biloxi, Mississippi, $34 million to finish work planned about 20 years ago, the city's mayor says.

• Aug 28

Remembering Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

The U.S. is remembering Hurricane Katrina, which devastated parts of the South 20 years ago. CBS News' Rob Marciano reports.

• Aug 28

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a barrier island in Alabama is disappearing

Dauphin Island has been shrinking and is now facing a dire existential crisis. It will take millions of dollars from several grant sources to preserve what's left, but a federal program that provides funds is in limbo.

• Aug 25

Louisiana scraps coastal erosion project designed to rebuild wetlands

It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina exposed the extent of Louisiana's coastal erosion.

• Aug 6

Study: Some parts of New Orleans' flood walls sinking nearly 2 inches per year

This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and displacing more than a million people across the region.

• Jun 27

Hurricane Katrina victim identified nearly 2 decades after deadly storm

Forensic tests allowed Mississippi authorities to identify the remains of a woman killed almost two decades ago in Hurricane Katrina.

• May 16, 2024

New Orleans mayor announces $13.3M settlement for police shootings after Katrina

A total of 20 current or former New Orleans police officers were charged in a series of Justice Department civil rights investigations following the August 2005 storm

• Dec 19, 2016

New Orleans remembers Hurricane Katrina 11 years later

Officials marked the anniversary with wreath-laying ceremonies to remember those who lost their lives to the flooding and celebrations to commemorate those who survived

• Aug 29, 2016

5 ex-cops plead guilty in New Orleans bridge shootings after Katrina

Former New Orleans police officers are expected to get far less prison time than they originally faced in deadly shootings and cover up

• Apr 20, 2016

CBS’ Weijia Jiang talks to some of the residents who found their way back 10 years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the neighborhood

CBS’ Weijia Jiang talks to some of the residents who found their way back 10 years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the neighborhood.

• Apr 7, 2021

Is Louisiana ready for another hurricane?

Politicians and historians join "Face the Nation" to look forward after the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

• Aug 30, 2015

Photographer for Getty Images Mario Tama describes capturing post-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. The veteran photojournalist says scenes of a “failed state” and helicopter rescues reminded him of past assignments in war zones like Afghanistan or Iraq

Photographer for Getty Images Mario Tama describes capturing post-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. The veteran photojournalist says scenes of a “failed state” and helicopter rescues reminded him of past assignments in war zones like Afghanistan or Iraq.

• Apr 7, 2021

Photographer for Getty Images Mario Tama breaks down the post-Hurricane Katrina devastation he captured ten years ago. Tama says a decade later, New Orleans has regained its old joy and energy

Photographer for Getty Images Mario Tama breaks down the post-Hurricane Katrina devastation he captured ten years ago. Tama says a decade later, New Orleans has regained its old joy and energy.

• Apr 7, 2021

Historian and Author Douglas Brinkley says ten years following Hurricane Katrina, much of the blame still rests on the slow reaction of President George W. Bush and his administration

Historian and Author Douglas Brinkley says ten years following Hurricane Katrina, much of the blame still rests on the slow reaction of President George W. Bush and his administration

• Apr 7, 2021

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu emphasizes Hurricane Katrina was an infrastructure failure, not a natural disaster. The mayor explains the city’s new role as America’s “the canary in the coal mine” for infrastructure reform and community policing

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu emphasizes Hurricane Katrina was an infrastructure failure, not a natural disaster. The mayor explains the city’s new role as America’s “the canary in the coal mine” for infrastructure reform and community policing.

• Apr 7, 2021

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says New Orleans is better prepared than ever before to take on a new hurricane season, but state and federal government must not become complacent in the fight against natural disaster

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says New Orleans is better prepared than ever before to take on a new hurricane season, but state and federal government must not become complacent in the fight against natural disaster.

• Apr 7, 2021

As we remember Katrina a decade later, "Sunday Morning" checks up on what happened to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and FEMA Director Michael Brown

As we remember Katrina a decade later, "Sunday Morning" checks up on what happened to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and FEMA Director Michael Brown

• Apr 7, 2021

New Orleans after Katrina: A tale of two cities

A decade after the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, a devastated metropolis is still rebuilding, but one aspect of the city has remained stubbornly intact: Its divisions of wealth

• Aug 30, 2015

Martha Teichner looks back at the monumental 2005 hurricane -- the most costly natural disaster, in lives lost and property destroyed, in U.S. history -- and the struggle of New Orleans residents to rebuild ever since

Martha Teichner looks back at the monumental 2005 hurricane -- the most costly natural disaster, in lives lost and property destroyed, in U.S. history -- and the struggle of New Orleans residents to rebuild ever since.

• Apr 7, 2021

A decade after Katrina, red tape slows rebuilding

While much of New Orleans is almost back to what it was before the storm, the Lower Ninth Ward is still struggling to rebuild

• Aug 29, 2015

​Katrina's wrath and rebuilding marked on 10th anniversary

Gulf Coast region still recovering from a disaster that killed more than 1,800 people and caused $151 billion in damage

• Aug 29, 2015

More than a million people were displaced by Hurricane Katrina

More than a million people were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. A decade later, some of them are still unable to return to their homes. Omar Villafranca reports.

• Apr 7, 2021

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