5 h. ago 20 years later: Survivors recall the storm that changed the gulf coast

Hurricane Katrina survivors reflect on the devastating Category 3 storm that struck the Gulf Coast 20 years ago, killing over 1,000 people and destroying communities.

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30 h. ago Naples ranked as second best RV destination in the United States

Naples ranked as second best RV destination in the United States  Gulf Coast News and Weather

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6 d. ago The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina

While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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1 week ago Seattle Storm Injury Report 2025: How Three Major Injuries Changed the Season

Seattle Storm Injury Report 2025: How Three Major Injuries Changed the Season  Sports Illustrated

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1 week ago Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Train Returns, Joyfully, 20 Years After Katrina

Driving may be faster, but the inaugural train trips between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans this week drew travelers eager for a different kind of adventure.

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2 w. ago Rare sighting as threatened bird species likely got lost, ending up 1,000 miles from home in Wisconsin

Threatened wood stork species discovered in Columbia County, Wisconsin by a deer hunter, marking unexpected appearance outside of its normal Gulf Coast habitat.

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3 w. ago Historic ocean liner headed for Gulf Coast final resting place

Historic ocean liner headed for Gulf Coast final resting place  Chron

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4 w. ago Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system

In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed in the aftermath of the storm.Katrina caused horrific destruction in New Orleans. It threw incarcerated people into a sort of purgatory - some were lost in prisons for more than a year. But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades. Two decades later, Shapiro returns to New Orleans and finds a system vastly improved.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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last month Coast Guard Aircrew Rescues Four from Sinking Tug in Remote Gulf of Alaska

Coast Guard Aircrew Rescues Four from Sinking Tug in Remote Gulf of Alaska  gCaptain

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