Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years On, The Enduring Scars and Unfinished Fight for Resilience
Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years On, The Enduring Scars and Unfinished Fight for Resilience On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina unleashed a “slow-motion catastrophe” on the Gulf Coast, becoming the costliest and one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. Two decades later, as the calendar turns to August 2025, the shadow of Katrina still looms large, prompting a critical examination of recovery, resilience, and the communities forever altered. Katrina’s initial landfall in Florida on August 25, 2005, escalated into a…