Hurricane Katrina: CBS News Texas journalists reflect on reporting during one of the worst disasters

Name: Hurricane Katrina: CBS News Texas journalists reflect on reporting during one of the worst disasters
Uploaded: 2025-09-01T13:14:00-0500
Duration: 9 min 31 s
Description: In 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Gulf Coast, breaching levees in New Orleans and causing catastrophic flooding. CBS News Texas reporter J.D. Miles and photojournalist Billy Sexton were among the first out-of-town news crews to arrive in New Orleans. CBS News Texas anchor Steve Pickett joined Sexton as evacuations began and conditions worsened.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Gulf Coast, breaching levees in New Orleans and causing catastrophic flooding. CBS News Texas reporter J.D. Miles and photojournalist Billy Sexton were among the first out-of-town news crews to arrive in New Orleans. CBS News Texas anchor Steve Pickett joined Sexton as evacuations began and conditions worsened.