The Galveston storm remains, by a wide margin, the deadliest weather disaster in U.S. history. At least 8,000 people died on September 8, 1900, with some estimates reaching 12,000. The island city on ...

As the country approaches the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall from the Gulf of Mexico, the public is ...

A hurricane's category only measures wind speed, not how far those winds extend from the center. The size of a storm's wind ...

Fire Chief Joe Perez took another slow cruise in the rescue truck across this town in the last patch of marsh between New Orleans and an angry Gulf of Mexico.

A new route from Amtrak along the Gulf hit the tracks on Monday, amid a renewed push for passenger rail service in the capital city.

Amtrak is back, connecting the Coast to New Orleans and Mobile. People have waited years for the return, and after nearly a ...

Katrina erased what generations had built. The coast’s heartbeat, its homes, businesses, and casinos, much of it wiped away in hours.

NEW ORLEANS — Contraflow has not been used to evacuate the New Orleans area since Hurricane Gustav, thanks to the 72-hour ...

After two decades of negotiations and rebuilding, passenger trains reconnect Gulf Coast cities, but financial hurdles remain.

The damage was immense in Pass Christian after Hurricane Katrina roared across South Mississippi in 2005. Expert Claims Putin ...

Here is the list of events for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as South Mississippi cities, counties and churches ...

Twenty years ago, as Gulf Coast residents began to come to terms with damage done by Hurricane Katrina, a moment of hope and ...