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Michael McEwen/WWNOHurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi, destroying thousands of homes and businesses. Gulfport, in the heart of the state's Gulf Coast, is home to a group of historic Black communities that found themselves at the center of it all. -
Lucas Dufalla/Arkansas Democrat-GazetteThe Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, a cooperative of more than 100 river communities between Minnesota and Louisiana, held its annual meeting this week in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. In response to FEMA’s uncertain future, the MRCTI, in partnership with Convoy of Hope, announced a new program to deliver assistance to its members within 72 hours of a disaster event.
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Twenty years after Katrina, former board members, experts and community groups worry that the board is returning to an era of politics and favoritism, instead of focusing on preventing another disaster. -
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans still has plenty of vacant lots, especially in the majority Black neighborhood of the Lower Ninth Ward. One artist has navigated a bureaucratic city program to reclaim her family’s land, with the help of her community. -
Gov. Landry says residents should wait to clean property until toxicity tests are complete. -
Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return. -
A mandatory evacuation order remained in place for the immediate area Sunday as crews address covered hotspots and monitor air quality. -
Now, after its 40th year, the cruise faces challenges to stay afloat, potentially undermining decades of research and future plans to get the dead zone under control. -
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath reshaped New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, we gathered to remember all that was lost, reflect on the lessons learned, and pay tribute to all the good that has been done in the two decades since. And, we look to the future: where do we go from here, and how can this region not just survive but thrive? -
It would be the tech company’s largest data center in the world. -
Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia. -
“This will set the road for what Louisiana looks like in terms of these data center expansions for the next years to come.”
