Five years ago Sunday, the water rushed in, the lights went out and for thousands of Gulf Coast residents nothing was ever the same.
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, a pilot tells CNN's Jeanne Meserve what it was like to fly over New Orleans.
With Hurricane Katrina bearing down on the Gulf Coast, Paul and Carolyn Hollister grabbed a few belongings and headed to Florida in their RV. The couple figured they'd be gone for just 48 hours as they left their Waveland, Mississippi, home.
I stood on the shore in Waveland, Mississippi, pointing to the streams where I caught catfish and blue crabs when I was a kid.
They're crying in their beers at Murphy's Bleachers on Sheffield and Waveland, out beyond the real bleachers, as well as at various other watering holes around the town famed for its raucous bars, its broad shoulders, its corrupt politicians and especially for its unlucky Cubbies. Barring that long-awaited miracle, the 100th anniversary of their beloved team's last championship will turn out no differently than the previous 99 years -- that is, with someone else winning the World Series.
Mississippi is relieved at the minimal damage but waters were unexpectedly high in towns recovering from Katrina
Mississippi's Gulf Coast, which sustained major damage three years ago in Hurricane Katrina, fared better Monday as Hurricane Gustav slipped west, giving Louisiana the brunt of its powerful east side.
Hurricane Gustav lashes Gulfport, Mississippi, with heavy wind and rain.
Ronald "Jug" Dufrene sent his family away over the weekend, but he is riding out Hurricane Gustav on his shrimp boat docked 20 miles south of New Orleans in Lafitte, Louisiana.
6 organizations looking for volunteers and support for Katrina-affected areas.
FSB: Rebuilding Livesupdated: Fri Dec 01 2006 00:01:00
PETER BACHMAN ADJUSTED HIS TOOL BELT AND surveyed his team's handiwork. "Looks good," he called to a carpenter securing the frame of a nine-foot wall. As the owner of Custom Designs, a construction...
When Hurricane Camille struck the Gulf Coast in 1969, Kay Kell had to swim to higher ground in Waveland, Mississippi, with her two children -- a 3-month-old and an 18-month-old -- in tow.
It is remarkably sad how little has changed over the 4 1/2 months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged Gulf Coast neighborhoods.
I never made it to Waveland, Mississippi, when I was covering Katrina -- I only remember thinking it sounded like a pool in my town when I was growing up.
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