NOVA | Storm That Drowned a City

Storm That Drowned a City: Experts and eyewitnesses reconstruct the devastation that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on New Orleans. Airs on PBS November 22, 2005

The Man Who Knew
Hurricane expert Ivor van Heerden has long predicted the tragedy brought by Katrina.

A 300-Year Struggle
Follow the Big Easy's ever-bigger battles with the water surrounding it.

Flood Proofing Cities
What can New Orleans learn from Venice, the Netherlands, and other flood-prone places?

Anatomy of Katrina
Track the hurricane from its birth in the open ocean through its catastrophic encounter with the Gulf Coast.

How New Orleans Flooded
Examine a visual chronology of exactly where and how 85 percent of the city wound up underwater.

Map the Flood
See how much of your city would have been submerged.

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The hour-long program is available to view online here.

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