What Made Hurricane Katrina a Catastrophe, and Why Its Horrors Linger 20 Years Later

What made Hurricane Katrina a catastrophe, and why its horrors linger 20 years later

Twenty years after one of the most costly and transformative disasters to hit the United States, visuals from Katrina are seared into collective memories -...

‘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 residentsBefore the floods from Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New Orleans 20 years ago, Franklin Avenue Baptist church was booming.“We had three morning services. We had a gymnasium, overflow rooms. Next door was the family center. There was an exercise room and library,” said the Rev Fred Luter Jr, pastor of Franklin Avenue. “We h…