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The Latest Breaking News from Hurricane Katrina

‘We need each other’: how a Black church and a white church joined forces after Hurricane Katrina

After New Orleans was ravaged 20 years ago, two places of worship teamed up to offer a space for devastated residents

The Guardian - US

Kristi Noem Reveals Two FEMA Employees Were Fired For Watching Porn Using Government-issued Devices at Work

Governor Kristi Noem revealed two FEMA employees were fired for viewing pornography on government devices. The terminations happened a week after 30 other FEMA staff were suspended for signing an open letter to Congress.

International Business Times UK

Tulane Dons Blank Helmets to Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

It's been two decades since the Green Wave's nomadic 2005 season.

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After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans fired thousands of Black teachers. Twenty years later, these groups are bringing them back

The storm ushered in a blow to the Black educator workforce, which has yet to fully recover

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Katrina 20 years on: A look back at the devastation New Orleans suffered

Footage shows the devastation Louisiana suffered as Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast 20 years ago.

The Independent UK

New Orleans woman was forced out of hard-earned salon at gunpoint during Hurricane Katrina, almost drowned getting to a safe shelter

She is 4 feet 11 inches tall while the water level had hit 5 feet.

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20 years ago Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The Trump administration couldn’t handle a storm of that size, say its own employees

A shake up at FEMA, layoffs, and the Trump administration’s turn away from climate science leave us in a position, experts say

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina: Could cuts to disaster preparedness leave the US vulnerable again?

Experts warn that another Hurricane Katrina isn’t just possible, but it’s also likely.

Euronews

Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: ‘finally where she belongs’

Guardian US partner WWL Louisiana called in Ray Theriot, who used utility bills, driver’s licenses and property records

The Guardian - US

New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade

New Orleans is set to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast

The Independent UK

‘Our oaths of office’: 180 disaster veterans break ranks to expose Trump’s disaster-in-waiting

FEMA is warning of a potential dissolution.

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PHOTO ESSAY: 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, these then-and-now photos show the power of place

The power of place is real.

The Independent UK

ABC's Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to hometown

ABC's Robin Roberts revisits New Orleans 20 years after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina for a news special on rebuilding after the storm

The Independent UK

AP reporters reflect on Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later

Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 storm when it made landfall in New Orleans in August 2005

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A Mississippi city's tax break spurred post-Katrina building. But will homes stand the next storm?

A decade after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, one Mississippi city began offering property tax breaks to encourage building near the waterfront

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FEMA Faces Concerns Over Spending Oversight And Official Appointments

FEMA faces scrutiny over spending oversight and expertise concerns, reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina failures.

The Guardian - US

‘A gay Mardi Gras’: the lesbian pop-up bar in New Orleans that was born after Hurricane Katrina

Grrlspot, a monthly event in New Orleans, stemmed from a desire to create spaces for queer women to gather after the storm devastated the city in 2005

The Guardian - US

‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid

As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to Fema

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The Guardian - US

Fema staff warn Trump’s cuts risk exposing US to another Hurricane Katrina

Workers say president’s attacks on the agency and lack of qualified leadership could lead to deadly catastrophe

The Conversation

Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered.

The Independent UK

How Hurricane Katrina shaped these New Orleans educators

Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans' education system forever, creating the first all-charter school district in the U.S. The Associated Press spoke with three survivors about their experiences

The Conversation

One of Hurricane Katrina’s most important lessons isn’t about storm preparations – it’s about injustice

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, the images still haunt us: entire neighborhoods underwater, families stranded on rooftops and a city brought to its knees.

Reason

Hurricane Katrina Devastated New Orleans. Some of It Came Back Better.

Hurricane Katrina was a chapter in the history of man's struggle both to control nature and to accept what he cannot control.

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Brad Pitt’s charity shamelessly scammed Hurricane Katrina victims – it is 2025 and he is still paying the price

They had lost the lives they had built and discovered they placed their trust in the wrong hands.

WhatToWatch

Hulu adds Ryan Coogler's Sinners follow-up, and I find it just as haunting

After releasing his blockbuster Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s new project is now on Hulu and Disney Plus, and it’s just as haunting and worth a watch.

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