A visitor walks through an exhibition remembering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, the United States, on Aug. 11, 2025.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, the southern U.S. city famed for its nonstop nightlife, vibrant music, and spicy cuisine, is launching a series of tributes, workshops, and acts of service as an anniversary commemoration.
Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, is one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history. New Orleans, the Mississippi River city near the Gulf of Mexico, is where the storm hit hardest. The 2005 disaster left more than 1,800 dead.
