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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025
• 02:32

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, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

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

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward has yet to recover

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward has yet to recover. But one man has made it his mission to help bring the community together. CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports.

• Aug 28, 2015
• 02:34

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.

• Sep 3, 2015
• 01:47

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.

• Aug 30, 2015
• 02:51

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.

• Aug 30, 2015
• 03:05

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

• Aug 30, 2015
• 04:29

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.

• Aug 30, 2015
• 01:43

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.

• Aug 30, 2015
• 03:59

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

• Aug 30, 2015
• 00:45

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.

• Aug 30, 2015
• 09:54

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.

• Aug 29, 2015
• 02:48

Ten years ago, the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history struck New Orleans and the eastern Gulf coast

Ten years ago, the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history struck New Orleans and the eastern Gulf coast. Hurricane Katrina killed an estimated 1800 people, but it could have been far worse, if not for what became known as “The Cajun Navy.” Hundreds of people in hundreds of boats gathered in Lafayette, Louisiana, to rescue thousands trapped by floodwaters. David Begnaud reports on their story.

• Aug 29, 2015
• 07:03

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, CBS Sunday Morning’s Martha Teichner went back to New Orleans to see how far the city’s recovery has come

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, CBS Sunday Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, "Sunday Morning" correspondent Martha Teichner went back to New Orleans to see how far the city’s recovery has come. She says it's a tale of two cities when comparing the reconstruction of affluent areas and the Lower Ninth Ward.

• Aug 28, 2015
• 03:33

CBS News' Tracy Smith was in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit, covering the crisis that followed the storm

CBS News' Tracy Smith was in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit, covering the crisis that followed the storm. Smith recently revisited some of the people she met during her original reporting.

• Aug 28, 2015
• 02:39

10 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the nation reflect on the disaster

10 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the nation reflect on the disaster. Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina Lt. Gen. Russel Honore talks about the storm with CBSN.

• Aug 28, 2015
• 10:00

CBS News looks back at the work of its correspondents during the storm and the stories of the people they met along the way

CBS News looks back at the work of its correspondents during Hurricane Katrina and the stories of the people they met along the way.

• Aug 28, 2015
• 01:23

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still on the road to recovery

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still on the road to recovery. CBS "Sunday Morning" correspondent Tracy Smith reflects on the storm for CBSN.

• Aug 28, 2015
• 04:32

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