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In 2006, Beyoncé donated $2 million to build 42 apartments for people experiencing homelessness in Houston; the project became one of her earliest major housing initiatives

Long before BeyGOOD became the name attached to Beyoncé's global charitable work, the singer was already putting significant money into community projects in Houston. According to the BeyGOOD foundation by Beyoncé, in 2006, she donated $2 million towards the construction of the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments, a 42-unit housing complex for…

The Times of India

This Week in History: The death of Princess Diana, an IRA ceasefire and Hurricane Katrina

Explore how major events between 31 August and 6 September were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK

Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans’ Charity Hospital to close in 2005; 21 years later, the million-sq-ft building is being transformed into a $500 million medical research hub

The historic Charity Hospital in New Orleans is set to undergo a remarkable transformation into a cutting-edge medical research facility. Spearheaded by Tulane University, this ambitious $500 million project aims to establish a vibrant biomedical innovation hub, with construction kicking off this fall and projected completion by 2029. This redevelopment…

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Abandoned New Orleans landmark is getting a new life 21 years after Hurricane Katrina

The massive hospital that long cared for the city's most vulnerable residents was shuttered after the last patients and staff were rescued in 2005

The Independent UK

In 2026, volunteers began planting 30,000 trees to rebuild the wetland forest that once shielded New Orleans from storms

In the wetlands behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne in Meraux, Louisiana, hundreds of young saplings stand wrapped in white plastic cylinders as volunteers ferry them through the marsh by airboat. The goal is to plant more than 30,000 native trees, mainly bald cypress and water tupelo, across the…

The Times of India

‘For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it’: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane Katrina

The New Orleans native is a three-time Grammy winner at the top of his game – and is now using his instinctive style to celebrate the resilience and clarity of Katrina survivors

The Guardian - UK

Fema employees who criticized Trump cuts reinstated after months on leave

Workers wrote ‘Katrina declaration’, warning that funding cuts made US dangerously unprepared for natural disasters

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What can toughen Louisiana coast against worsening storms? 4 years and 30,000 trees

In the wetlands of coastal southeast Louisiana, conservation groups are wrapping up a four-year project to plant 30,000 trees

The Independent UK

Twenty Years Later, Katrina Still Haunts the Gulf from New Orleans to Houston

A killer storm two decades past still teaches lessons about survival and resilience in a world where weather is getting more extreme.

Texas Observer

‘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

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

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

Sports Illustrated

I Expected Katrina: Come Hell And High Water To Be Just Another Documentary. Here's Why I Was Very Wrong

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water is about so much more than the flood.

Cinemablend

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Euronews

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.

The Guardian - US

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

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The Independent UK

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

Cinemablend

Critics Have Seen Katrina: Come Hell Or High Water, And Seem To Be Saying The Same Thing About Netflix's Spike Lee Doc

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water features another great Spike Lee joint

The Independent UK

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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 - UK

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water review – Spike Lee gets straight to the defiant, joyous soul of New Orleans

The finale of the Oscar-winning director’s three-part documentary about the biggest tragedy in 21st-century Black American history is a must-watch. It’s a stirring look at the city’s refusal to lie down

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