Hurricane Francine suddenly dropped an incredible amount of rain on New Orleans.

Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches.

Award-winning musician Branford Marsalis is taking on a new job in his hometown of New Orleans.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress gave too much power to a nonprofit authority it created in 2020 to develop and enforce horseracing rules.

Southwest Florida is getting some advice from the Florida Panhandle as it moves ahead after Hurricane Ian.

A few miles meant the difference between life and death on the Florida coast when Hurricane Ian struck.

Residents are being allowed to return to a coastal Florida island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian’s death toll has climbed into the triple digits.

Late August storms have proven history of devastating many states along the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast in 2005, just 13 years after Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida.

A new documentary, “Katrina Babies,” looks at how a generation of New Orleans residents coming of age after Hurricane Katrina, are reconciling with the catastrophic storm that transformed their lives.

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation and homeowners of the houses built by the program, in an area of New Orleans hit hard by Hurricane Katrina have reached a more than $20 million settlement.

A new United Nations report says disasters are on the rise and are going to get worse.

Louisiana students were just getting back to class after a year and a half of COVID-19 disruptions when Hurricane Ida struck.

A Louisiana man who built a levee around his home after Hurricane Katrina thought he was winning the battle against Hurricane Ida.

The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida’s fury, but costly upgrades to the city's flood protection system couldn't spare some neighboring communities from the rising water.

Sure, Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the same calendar date.

A Louisiana sheriff’s office has reported the first death from Hurricane Ida.

Sure, Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the same calendar date.

New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after 2005's Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic flooding.

Residents of south Louisiana are bracing for the approach of what is expected to be a rapidly intensifying Hurricane Ida.

The NHC is watching Ida and three other disturbances in the tropics.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has ordered a mandatory evacuation for a small area of the city outside the levee system.

With the 29th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season skimming past Central Florida and potentially a 30th named storm sitting in the Caribbean, this season is one for the record books. Meteorologists have often compared the 2020 hurricane season with 2005. The 2005 tropical season started off with tropical storms Arlene and Bret forming in June, making it only the second time in history to have happened. Tracks and intensity of the 2005 hurricane season. Flooding in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina (2005).

Still, any fragment of possibility is enough for some Trump supporters to reject reality, feel aggrieved and rebuff Biden's calls for unity. Several Trump supporters interviewed by The Associated Press in recent days were rankled by widespread celebrations of Biden's win in liberal cities. They saw hypocrisy in the public, outdoor gatherings after Democrats condemned Trump supporters for attending big rallies — some were held indoors — during the coronavirus pandemic. Piotrowski, like many Trump supporters, wants to see Trump’s legal challenges continue. Unlike many Trump supporters, Michelle Sassouni wasn't shocked by the outcome of the election or the aftermath.

– As rain and wind from Sally starting reaching the Gulf Coast, the manager of a Mississippi alligator ranch was just hoping he wouldn’t have to deal with a repeat of what happened during Hurricane Katrina. That’s when about 250 alligators escaped their enclosures as storm surge pushed water over the grounds. “I’m thinking a sigh of relief somewhat,” said manager Tim Parker, who took over Gulf Coast Gator Ranch & Tours after Katrina. As the hurricane moved east of Mississippi, the surge forecast was reduced to no more than 4 feet (1.2 meters). Parker’s farm has alligators up to 14 feet long, roaming and swimming through ponds, sand dunes and tall marsh grass.

A girl wades towards her flooded home the day after the passing of Tropical Storm Laura in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti on it's way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where forecaster fear it could become a major hurricane. Now forecasters are turning their attention the Gulf Coast, where up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) of sea water storm surge could inundate the coastline from High Island in Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana, the hurricane center said. Hurricane Rita then struck southwest Louisiana that Sept. 24 as a Category 3 storm. We might have dodged a bullet with Marco, and obviously some people along the Gulf Coast are not going to be as blessed as us.___Martin reported from Marietta, Georgia.

Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Homestead Florida on Aug. 24, 1992 as a monster Category 5 storm. 1992: Hurricane Andrew makes landfall just south of Miami as a Category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Katrina from 2005 courtesy NOAAThese historical hurricanes have a combined destruction total of just over $150 billion in damages. Hurricane Andrew had 28 tornadoes in its outer-bands while Katrina had a whopping 57 tornadoes that impacted eight different states. (NOAA)Damage in Lakes by the Bay from Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Camille is one of four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the continental U.S along with the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Michael. (National Hurricane Center)This is not something that happens often. According to the National Hurricane Center, only 36 hurricanes have reached that status. Camilles storm surge flooding was 24.6 feet, which swept away homes that had been flattened by the wind. To read more about storm surge from News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells, click here.