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Hurricane Katrina

A satellite image shows Hurricane Katrina over the Gulf Coast.
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How Researchers Have Studied the Where, When, and Eye of Hurricanes Since Katrina

by Emily Dieckman 29 August 20258 September 2025

Twenty years after one of the country’s deadliest storms, scientists reflect on improvements in the ability to understand and predict disasters.

A broken bridge and flooded river in Kerr County, Texas
Posted inResearch & Developments

FEMA Puts Dissenting Staff on Indefinite Leave

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 August 202527 August 2025

More than a dozen FEMA staff, all signatories of that Katrina Declaration, were placed on indefinite administrative leave.

New Orleans skyline
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Parts of New Orleans Are Sinking

by Skyler Ware 14 August 202514 August 2025

Areas near the airport, along floodwalls, and in nearby wetlands are subsiding because of a combination of natural and anthropogenic forces.

Photo of a thunderstorm
Posted inEditors' Vox

Foundations in Hazards and Disasters for Undergraduate Students

by Bethany D. Hinga 22 April 202423 April 2024

A new textbook for undergraduates explores different types of natural hazards and disasters through foundational scientific knowledge, engaging case studies, and mitigation strategies.

Aerial view of flooding in around Houston, Texas.
Posted inScience Updates

Forecasting Compound Floods in Complex Coastal Regions

by Saeed Moghimi, Edward Myers, Shachak Pe’eri, Y. Joseph Zhang and Fei Ye 16 November 202127 October 2022

Coastal communities face more frequent floods in which rain, rivers, and ocean storm surge combine forces. A reliable system that accurately predicts inundation from these events is urgently needed.

A dredge works through the night to clear shoaling along the Mississippi River at New Orleans.
Posted inFeatures

High Water: Prolonged Flooding on the Deltaic Mississippi River

by N. M. Gasparini and B. Yuill 20 March 202027 October 2022

Changing climate and land use practices are bringing extended periods of high water to the lower Mississippi River. New management practices are needed to protect people, industry, and the land.

Flooding in Colfax, Iowa, in August 2010.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Calculating the Risk of Rare Floods

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 1 May 201927 October 2022

The first spatially realistic catalog of synthetic flood event risk across the entire United States uncovers high-risk areas and estimates the probability of another Katrina–level flood loss.

Posted inNews

Does U.S. Hurricane Rating Scale Get the Danger Right?

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 28 August 201527 October 2022

Some scientists think it's time to retire the Saffir-Simpson scale and start fresh.

Posted inOpinions

Ten Years After Katrina: What Have We Learned?

by T. H. Dixon 27 August 20151 November 2021

One mitigation strategy—relocating people and sensitive infrastructure to higher ground—eventually will need to be considered as sea level rise accelerates.

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