NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans' coroner expressed outrage Tuesday that the process of using DNA to identify more than 200 bodies left from Hurricane Katrina has not begun because the ...

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- When it slammed ashore on the Gulf Coast in August, Hurricane Katrina was a strong Category 3 storm, not a Category 4 as initially thought, the National Hurricane Center ...

rain and battering winds from Hurricane Katrina three weeks ago caused three levees to fail in New Orleans, causing massive flooding through nearly all of the city. (Posted 9:35 p.m.) CNN.com ...

CNN.com asked readers to share their thoughts about Hurricane Katrina. Here is a sampling from the responses, some of which have been edited: My daughter teaches a special ed class in a north ...

Latest numbers on Hurricane Rita (CNN) -- Here are the latest numbers as reported by the National Hurricane Center at 3:00 a.m. EDT: Top wind speed: near 120 mph, with higher gusts ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Louisiana congressman says e-mails written by the government's emergency response chief as Hurricane Katrina raged show a lack of concern for the unfolding tragedy and a ...

CNN Worldwide. She is based at CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta. Since 1999, Jeras has covered blizzards, floods, fires, ...

In 2005, Oppenheim was among the CNN crew that covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from the U.S. Gulf Coast. In September 2003, Oppenheim reported live from the battered North Carolina ...

(Posted: 9:35 p.m.) BATON ROUGE, La. (CNN) -- More than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina savaged her state, Gov. Kathleen Blanco rallied "the brave and resilient people of Louisiana" Wednesday ...

(CNN) -- Government response to Hurricane Katrina was sharply criticized at all levels. CNN.com asked readers whether government -- at any level -- should be restructured to respond better to the ...