Hurricane Katrina

April 5, 2012

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Charity Hospital Evacuation
Sept. 16, 2010
In September 2005, News Orleans' Charity Hospital was evacuated due to flooding from Hurricane Katrina. Patients were moved out of the hospital by military truck, airboat, and any other means possible. Mooney Bryant-Penland, a nurse at the hospital, took these photographs as the evacuation unfolded.
5 Years After Katrina, Louisiana Teenagers Remember the Storm
Sept. 2, 2010
In the days following the flooding after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, approximately 1.5 million people throughout the Gulf Coast were displaced from their homes, including 163,000 children. Some of those were young people who became separated from their siblings and parents.
FEMA Chief: Katrina Lessons Aid Hurricane Earl Planning
Sept. 1, 2010
As government officials prepare for the possible landfall of Hurricane Earl along the East Coast, Jim Lehrer speaks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate about the storm.
Pulitzer Winner Natasha Trethewey Looks 'Beyond Katrina'
Sept. 1, 2010
Poet Natasha Trethewey's latest book, "Beyond Katrina," is a personal account of how the people of the Gulf Coast region, including her family, have lived with the threat and consequences of natural disasters for generations.
New Orleans' Jazz Scene Still Hurt, Inspired by Katrina
Aug. 31, 2010
Jeffrey Brown has an update on musician Michael White who continues his efforts to keep New Orleans' musical tradition strong, five years after Hurricane Katrina.
Tuesday on the NewsHour: 5 Years Later, Revisiting a New Orleans Musician
Aug. 31, 2010
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, jazz musician Michael White is back in New Orleans, but his old neighborhood is still mostly empty. In the years since Katrina he's experienced a personal and musical "rebirth" -- another New Orleans tradition.
In Louisiana, Wetlands Erosion is a Slow-Moving Crisis
Aug. 30, 2010
What hardly anybody talks about in New Orleans is what could one day undo all the progress of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. The Louisiana coastline -- with its valuable wetlands -- is in trouble.
Weekly Poem: 'Watcher'
Aug. 30, 2010
Natasha Trethewey has written three collections of poetry: "Domestic Work," "Bellocq's Ophelia" and "Native Guard," which won the "2007 Pulitzer Prize. Her latest book, "Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast," is a mix of prose and poetry.
Back Home in New Orleans, Survivors Reflect on Hurricane Katrina
Aug. 27, 2010
Betty Ann Bowser returns to New Orleans to see how three families are coping five years after Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina Five Years Later: New Orleans Is a State of Mind
Aug. 27, 2010
Spencer Michels writes how it's hard for him to separate his experiences in the aftermath of Katrina from a flood of other impressions since 2005.
Can New Orleans' Revamped Levee System Withstand Next Storm?
Aug. 26, 2010
The state of the levee system in New Orleans continues to be a major concern, especially during hurricane season. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the city's revamped coastal protection system.
How Is Gulf Coast Mentally Coping With Devastation of Two Disasters?
Aug. 26, 2010
Physical damage from Hurricane Katrina is still evident in New Orleans while the psychological devastation is sometimes harder to detect. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser examines the mental impact of two disasters, Katrina and then the Gulf oil disaster, in the Greater New Orleans area.
The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Aug. 25, 2010
In an audio slide show from the city's Ninth Ward, Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed -- and what hasn't -- since flooding from the storm devastated the area five years ago.
Richard Misrach's Photographs Speak Volumes about Katrina's Devastation
Aug. 25, 2010
"Destroy This Memory" is a narrative photo series by Richard Misrach comprised of 69 color prints that showcases the graffiti messages scrawled by Katrina victims and rescue workers.
Law & Disorder: The Missteps of NOPD After Katrina
Aug. 25, 2010
We talked this week with A.C. Thompson, one of the reporters from ProPublica who has been investigating the New Orleans Police Department in the years since Hurricane Katrina. His work is part of a Frontline report called "Law and Disorder."
The Ninth Ward: Five Years Later
Aug. 25, 2010
Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans -- and what hasn't -- since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area five years ago.
After Katrina, Richard Misrach Captured Writing on the Wall
Aug. 25, 2010
Photographer Richard Misrach went to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina to capture images of the messages people had left on buildings and cars in graffiti when they didn't have any other way to express themselves. His work is now on display in Houston and New Orleans.
Photographer: New Orleans' Deep Roots Bolstered Katrina Recovery
Aug. 23, 2010
Photographer Mario Tama of Getty Images shares some images he has captured of New Orleans and its residents in the five years since he first documented Hurricane Katrina's profound effects on the city.
New Orleans Getting Stronger, but Katrina's Problems Linger 5 Years Later
Aug. 4, 2010
A new report from the Brookings Institution shows New Orleans' population and economy are rebounding five years after Hurricane Katrina, plus the city now has better schools, better access to health care and a stronger criminal justice system. Gwen Ifill speaks with Mayor Mitch Landrieu and scholar Amy Liu about findings.
Katrina 5 Years Later: Remembering the Storm
Aug. 3, 2010
This weekend marks five years since Hurricane Katrina ripped into New Orleans, ravaging that city and others on the Gulf Coast.
Katrina 5 Years Later: The Fall and Rise of New Orleans' Levees
Aug. 3, 2010
Five years after sections of New Orleans' levees fell or were overtopped with water pushed inland by Hurricane Katrina, the NewsHour is looking back at what we've learned about their failure, what's been done to fix them and how vulnerable New Orleans remains to another storm.
Katrina 5 Years Later: The Monumental Tasks of Clean-up and Recovery
Aug. 3, 2010
Upon the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, the NewsHour is looking back at some our coverage of what people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have done to clean up from the storm and rebuild their homes, businesses and lives.
Katrina 5 Years Later: Housing Concerns and 'Toxic Trailers'
Aug. 3, 2010
A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006.
Katrina 5 Years Later: Healing and Rebuilding Through Art
Aug. 3, 2010
As part of our look back at Hurricane Katrina five years after the disaster, we examine how art has played a role in the city's ongoing healing and rebuilding process.
New Orleans Superintendent Leaving Legacy of Charter School Expansion
July 26, 2010
As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, the superintendent brought in to revive New Orleans' troubled public schools is bidding farewell after turning many of the schools into charters. Before his departure, Paul Vallas speaks with John Merrow about where things stand with the city's school reform efforts.

Weekly Poem: 'Fish Head for Katrina'

Nov. 22, 2010

Terrance Hayes, a poet and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, won the 2010 National Book Award. Here, he reads a poem from his award-winning volume, "Lighthead."

In New Orleans, Clinic Caring for Underinsured Once Again

Sept. 16, 2010

National Book Award-Winning Poet Hayes Reads From 'Lighthead'

Nov. 19, 2010

In New Orleans, Rebuilding a Health System After a Hospital Is Destroyed

Sept. 16, 2010

When Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans five years ago, the city's big public hospital, Charity Hospital, was destroyed. On Thursday's NewsHour, Betty Ann Bowser reports on how doctors in New Orleans have worked to rebuild the city's health system over the past five years.