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Hurricane Katrina

20 years after Katrina, LA County firefighters recall their efforts

  • Aug 30, 2025
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New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

  • Aug 29, 2025
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Robin Roberts returns home 20 years after Hurricane Katrina

  • Aug 5, 2025
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'Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time' revisits the deadly catastrophe

  • Jun 26, 2025

Helene: Death toll rises to 200, deadliest since Hurricane Katrina

  • Oct 3, 2024

Special Olympics provide new community to family displaced by Katrina

  • Jun 17, 2022

Photos: Hurricane Katrina made landfall on this day in 2005

  • Aug 29, 2021

Honoré to lead review of 'security infrastructure' after Capitol riot

  • Jan 15, 2021

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina, LA County firefighters recall their search and rescue efforts

  • Aug 29, 2025
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Helene death toll rises to 189, making it deadliest storm to hit mainland US since Hurricane Katrina

  • Oct 3, 2024

The most destructive, deadliest hurricanes in recent U.S. history

  • Sep 7, 2017
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ABC7 reporter, helicopter pilot recall air coverage of Hurricane Katrina

  • Aug 29, 2015
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Cast of Hurricane Katrina play to hold stage reading for charity

  • Aug 28, 2015

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Hurricane Katrina by the numbers

Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf coast in 2005. Here are facts and figures about the catastrophic event.

  • Aug 29, 2020
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Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, dies

After struggling for years with cancer, Kathleen Blanco died Sunday in hospice care in Lafayette. She was 76.

  • Aug 18, 2019

'Life in the Doghouse' documentary showcases pair who turned their home into an animal shelter

"Life in the Doghouse" tells the story of two men who turn their home into an animal shelter, where they've rescued thousands of dogs.

  • Sep 12, 2018
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How Hurricane Maria stacks up against other deadly, destructive storms

Hurricane Maria has become the first hurricane in U.S. history to both cause more than 2,000 deaths and at least $1 billion in damage, according to the results of a new report.

  • Aug 29, 2018
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America's costliest hurricanes caused tens of billions of dollars in damage

We are still waiting for damage assessment to be completed from Hurricane Harvey, but it appears this will become the costliest hurricane in U.S. history, surpassing Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

  • Sep 8, 2017