Hurricane Katrina

HUNewsService.com has been covering Hurricane Katrina periodically over the last two decades, since a team traveled to New Orleans to cover the aftermath of the storm 20 years ago. A few reporters were also embedded with Alternative Spring Break volunteers from Howard University.

Through Floodwaters and Fear: A Mother’s Katrina Survival

by Bri Outlaw

December 19, 2025

Joelle Bowers gripped her 18-month-old daughter as the first bands of Hurricane Katrina tore across the streets of Louisiana. Traffic crawled. Gas stations were empty, the air was heavy, and the wind…

20 Years After Katrina: Have FEMA’s Changed Policies Worked?

September 7, 2025

Promises and Realities: Hurricane Katrina’s Lasting Effects on Displaced Residents in Atlanta

August 29, 2025

Katrina’s Other Coast: Mississippi 20 Years After the Storm

August 28, 2025

Racism in Recovery: Communities of Color Face Rebuilding Hurdles After Natural Disasters

April 22, 2022

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Students Head South to Continue Katrina Cleanup

September 18, 2008

by Jamisha Purdy

500 Howard Volunteers to Spend Third Spring Break in New Orleans For the third consecutive year,…

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Students Give Knowledge, Learn About Life

March 23, 2008

by Thomas Warren

NEW ORLEANS (March 17, 2008)-Along with helping to rebuild houses during their spring break, Howard…

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Post-Katrina still Undercuts Special-Needs Housing

April 15, 2007

by Alan King

Vendetta Merrett had a choice to make as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans. She could try…

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Poverty After Hurricane Katrina

December 13, 2005

by Kerri Cox

The face of poverty, often more associated with despair in developing countries and homelessness on America’s…