This portal provides information on the hazards presented to the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States by hurricanes. A fact sheet summarizes some of the destructive effects and describes some of the more recent...

This site addresses questions regarding hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones that have been posed to hurricane researchers over the years: characteristics of these catastrophic storms, how they are monitored and...

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration website features photos of the New Orleans area during hurricane Katrina. The before and after photos highlight areas devastated by the storm. The website contains...

Long before Hurricane Katrina, most experts knew the city of New Orleans was vulnerable to flooding caused by hurricanes because it is below sea level, between a lake and a river, and on the hurricane-prone Gulf Coast....

In this radio broadcast, commentators discuss the remainder of the 2005 hurricane season in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which was being called one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. Topics include how...