Award winning producer Alisa Payne shared how she and Spike Lee created a Hurricane Katrina docuseries for the new generation ...

In 2006, The New York Times asked Spike Lee to clarify what his ferocious and elegant documentary, "When the Levees Broke" - and the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina it depicted - was really about.

Twenty years after escaping Hurricane Katrina, the Joseph family reflects on their journey from heartbreak in New Orleans to healing and hope in Tulsa. Christina recalls the moment they saw the levees ...

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, ultimately becoming one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. The Category 3 storm made landfall just ...

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners inside NPR and explains how we do our journalism. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the Gulf Coast, Greg Allen reflects on ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. The disaster is remembered not just for its winds, but for the crushing surge of water that ...

The most valuable words I ever heard about leadership were provided by retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, whom I met in 2010 at RAND’s Washington, D.C., offices. He’s best known for bringing ...

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina sparked sweeping changes in hurricane forecasting and emergency preparedness. Forecast models, satellite imagery, and real-time data from Hurricane Hunter aircraft ...

Twenty years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina swept into New Orleans and nearby communities along the Gulf Coast, leaving behind more than 1,000 lost souls, shattered homes and businesses, and ...