In New Orleans' Hardest-Hit Neighborhood, A Recovery — By Sheer Will
Nine years after Hurricane Katrina, the area still had no grocery store. So, using his savings, Burnell Cotlon opened one himself. "If there's a problem," he says, "somebody's got to make a move."
View ArticleMayor Landrieu To Displaced New Orleanians: 'Y'all Can Come Home'
In the decade since Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of New Orleans residents fled the city and never returned. This week New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu went on the road to call his people home.
View ArticleScars Of Katrina Slow To Heal For Mississippi Gulf Coast
Media coverage after the storm focused on New Orleans, but the damage was just as bad, and sometimes worse, in Mississippi. Ten years on, slow recovery in places like East Biloxi has left many behind.
View ArticleNew Orleans Neighborhoods Scrabble For Hope In Abandoned Ruins
Hurricane Katrina obliterated homes and drove out residents. Ten years later, the city is still struggling with how to handle the blight that remains in some wards — scars of an uneven recovery.
View ArticleKatrina Shut Down Charity Hospital But Led To More Primary Care
More than 70 percent of New Orleans residents say some progress has been made in the availability of medical services since the storm. Still, most say care for the poor continues to lag.
View ArticleAt A Shelter Of Last Resort, Decency Prevailed Over Depravity
Ten years ago, 25,000 people huddled inside the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans seeking shelter from Hurricane Katrina. The fiasco there came to epitomize the chaotic, inadequate response.
View ArticleSwept Up In The Storm: Hurricane Katrina's Key Players, Then And Now
The natural disaster of Katrina and the man-made tragedy that followed catapulted local figures and obscure federal officials into the spotlight.
View ArticleObama: Katrina A 'Man-Made' Disaster Caused By Government Failure
The president said that what started out as a natural disaster became something much worse when government didn't "look out for its own citizens."
View ArticleThe Survivors' Street: 10 Years Of Life After Katrina
NPR first visited Schnell Drive in St. Bernard Parish 10 years ago to speak with the Bordelon family as they rebuilt their home after Katrina's destruction. Unlike many, they're still there today.
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush: I Will Never Forget 'Misery And Ruin' Of Katrina
A decade after the storm that damaged his presidency, Bush visited one of the schools that was nearly wiped out.
View ArticleBillions Spent On Flood Barriers, But New Orleans Still A 'Fishbowl'
People in New Orleans say the city finally has the storm defense system it should have had before Hurricane Katrina — at a cost of $14.5 billion. Now someone needs to cover the cost to keep it strong.
View ArticleA Decade After Flood's Devastation, Love Keeps New Orleans Afloat
New Orleans lost much since Hurricane Katrina, and the failed levees that flooded the city. But Gwen Thompkins says the passions that survived the flood kept her city alive too.
View ArticleNew Orleans Mayor On Katrina Anniversary: 'We Saved Each Other'
The 10th anniversary of the devastating storm was marked by prayers and church bells to remember the estimated 1,800 who lost their lives in the disaster.
View Article3 Views On A Tragedy: Reporters Recall First Days After Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, devastating regions of Louisiana and Mississippi, three of NPR's correspondents saw the storm firsthand. These are their stories.
View Article#NPRreads: Lying About Sept. 11, And California's Drought-Stricken Levees
Also this week: What Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath teach us about the true nature of America.
View ArticleWith 'Formation,' Beyoncé Lights Up The Internet. Here's What People Are Saying
The singer's new music video quickly drew commentary of all kinds — on its references to being black in America, Hurricane Katrina and Black Lives Matter.
View ArticleIn Beyoncé's 'Formation,' A Glorification Of 'Bama' Blackness
Beyoncé's latest song is for the black Southern woman, says National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, who's from Mississippi. It's a message she needed to hear.
View ArticleAdapting To A More Extreme Climate, Coastal Cities Get Creative
In preparation for sea level rise, vulnerable cities are building infrastructure to protect themselves. But as a look at New Orleans and Philadelphia shows, the strategies are unique to each city.
View ArticleCatastrophic Floods In Louisiana Have Caused Massive Housing Crisis
An estimated 40,000 houses have been damaged by flooding that some people have compared to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Some 86,000 people have applied for federal disaster aid.
View ArticleA Mom's Life, Rebuilt After Katrina, Wrecked By Baton Rouge Floods
Myra Engrum works, cares for her son, has friends and is active in church. She's done things "right." But for the second time in 11 years, she's picking up the pieces of her storm-ravaged life.
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