AP Reporters Reflect on Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later September 2, 2025 By Haya Panjwani Hurricane Katrina claimed hundreds of lives, destroyed homes and changed how emergency response is dealt with forever. In this episode...
The Ghost of Hurricane Katrina Haunts Catastrophe Modelers August 29, 2025 By Gautam Naik When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, causing greater insurance losses than any other natural disaster in...
Katrina 2005-2025: Property Policy Evolution August 28, 2025 By Bill Wilson Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, with the eye of the Category 3 hurricane centered on Bay St....
20 Years Later, Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Echoes in Models, Mitigation and Reforms August 27, 2025 By William Rabb and Ezra Amacher Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swamped parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, the property insurance sector is better prepared for another...
18 Years After Katrina Levee Breaches, Group Wants Future Engineers to Learn From Past Failures August 30, 2023 Future engineers need a greater understanding of past failures – and how to avoid repeating them – a Louisiana-based nonprofit...
Former Attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates Seek to Lift Suspension in Western District of Louisiana July 27, 2023 By Jim Sams Former attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates hope to persuade a federal judge to lift a suspension that prevents them...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims August 25, 2022 By Chad Hemenway State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit...
New Orleans Officials Seek to End Federal Oversight of Police August 19, 2022 By Kevin McGill New Orleans officials asked a federal judge Tuesday to end court-supervised oversight of its police department under a pact negotiated...
Analysis: Ida Prompts New Look at Storm Safety Plans for Nursing Homes September 13, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Among the many tragic stories in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida are the deaths of seven Louisiana nursing home residents...
Hurricane Laura’s Timing, Direction Bring Harvey, Katrina, Rita to Mind August 25, 2020 Tropical Storm Laura morphed into a hurricane on Aug. 25, 2020 — three years to the day after Hurricane Harvey...