In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina ... New Orleans, the failure of the levee system resulted in the flooding of 80 percent of the city. The now famous images of people trapped on rooftops and ...

It has often been said that what happened to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina was a man-made disaster. A new book identifies former Mayor Ray Nagin as one of those men. “Katrina ...

The abandoned Six Flags theme park in New Orleans will finally be demolished nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina trashed ...

Ten years on, many parts of New Orleans still bear scars left by the storm. After ... day school, Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans executive director Michael Weil told JTA. Katrina brought ...

More than a decade later, have the lessons of Katrina been learned? New Orleans and the surrounding ... as Hurricane Rita advanced just weeks after Katrina - led to 20-hour jams and the deaths ...

When Hurricane Katrina struck, Leah Chase was the chef and co-owner of the legendary New Orleans restaurant, Dooky Chase, a landmark in the city’s oldest black neighborhood. Chase saw her ...

New Orleans continued its tradition of a Mardi Gras celebration the year after Katrina. Businesses reopened, particularly in areas popular with tourists. And music was again heard in a city famed ...

Terence Blanchard, will present the world-premiere full performance of Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for ...