New Orleans - History, Louisiana Purchase & Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans, situated on a bend of the Mississippi River 100 miles from its mouth, has been Louisiana’s most important city and the Gulf of Mexico’s busiest northern port since the early 1700s.

New Orleans Levees Passed Hurricane Ida's Test, But Some Suburbs Flooded : NPR

Hurricane Katrina facts and information

The Winteregg Muerren Railway Station

Wright Thompson on life, loss and renewal in New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina

Flooding, rains pound New Orleans ahead of potential hurricane

What hurricanes have hit Louisiana in recorded history? How strong were they? Here's a list, Hurricane Center

How Humans Sank New Orleans - The Atlantic

Making History of a Hurricane

Sixteen years after Katrina, New Orleans has strengthened its flood barriers - The Washington Post

17 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana

Katrina Q&A: New Orleans before and after the historic storm

Hurricane Katrina – a picture from the past, Hurricane Katrina

17 years post-Katrina, New Orleans-area protections complete