Even 10 years later, no one is sure exactly how many people died as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Wright Thompson examines the undocumented deaths from the storm. (Photo: William Widmer) ...

Faced with favourable conditions and very warm waters, Katrina underwent rapid intensification over the course of two days. This spell of strengthening brought the storm from a low-grade hurricane to ...

Twenty-one years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast continue to reflect on the storm’s devastating toll and lasting legacy.

Hellish scenes of death, damage, and chaos wracked the US Gulf Coast on Wednesday as overwhelmed authorities tried to rescue the living and count the dead amid the destruction left by powerful ...

NEW ORLEANS AP - A doctor and two nurses were arrested overnight in connection with patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana attorney general's ...

It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level.