Two Decades On: Mississippi Gulf Coast Reflects on Hurricane Katrina’s Enduring Impact and Recovery
Two Decades On: Mississippi Gulf Coast Reflects on Hurricane Katrina’s Enduring Impact and Recovery Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast, residents and former leaders reflect on the long, often uneven, journey of recovery. On August 29, 2005, Katrina made landfall, unleashing 120 mph winds and a nearly 30-foot storm surge that obliterated the state’s entire 70-mile shoreline, claiming 238 lives in Mississippi and leaving 60,000 structures uninhabitable. Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who led the state…