Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, along the northern Gulf Coast, devastating communities in Louisiana, ...

The Galveston storm remains, by a wide margin, the deadliest weather disaster in U.S. history. At least 8,000 people died on ...

Hurricane season, which lasts from June to the end of November for the Atlantic Ocean, has seen plenty of catastrophic storms throughout history. Here's a look at some of the deadliest, most ...

Faced with favourable conditions and very warm waters, Katrina underwent rapid intensification over the course of two days.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he became one of the most ardent critics of the federal government’s lack of preparation and response. Then he was fired for speaking out. Now 20 years later, ...

Twenty years ago, a weather.com meteorologist was on shift the morning Hurricane Katrina made its catastrophic landfall. This ...

Floods, among the most terrifying forces on Earth, have led to countless disasters throughout history. They continue to exact a toll on the American landscape, occurring frequently after hurricanes.

Most of the worst hurricanes in history were before any of our time, having taken place anywhere between 1775 and 1900, though a few on this list are in recent memory; check it out. 10.

Images surveying the destruction of some of the worst hurricanes in American history.

This hurricane was the second deadliest in US history, with more than 2,500 deaths. The Category 4 storm made landfall in Palm Beach on September 10, 1928.

The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history hit Galveston as a Category 4 storm and seas 20 feet above normal. An estimated 8,000 to 12,000 people died, mostly in the Galveston area, and damage was ...