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Traci A Curry’s documentary explores how political impotence, media distortion and America’s racial polarisation turned a disaster into something much worse

Jason Momoa takes the lead role in this epic, violent dramatised story of Hawaiian history. Plus, a gripping five-part documentary series to mark 20 years since the horrific Gulf of Mexico storm

Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation

President-elect’s latest nominee was once embroiled in a bizarre canine custody battle

The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers – the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the outside world, they are even more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, than…

The park opened in 2000 just off Interstate 10 as Jazzland Theme Park, but it went bankrupt in two seasons

New Orleans’ former Six Flags theme park, which shuttered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is finally coming down

“Of course, we would first hope nothing happens, but we are prepared to do whatever we're called upon to do,” says CEO Sheldon Yellen

The vintage instrument was ravaged by hurricane Katrina, after it had been put in storage for decades following the tragic death of its first owner