'My name is Eddie Compass, and I was chief of police during Hurricane Katrina.' Eddie Compass was New Orleans' top cop in 2005 and was thrust into the spotlight as the storm made landfall.

'Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time' looks at the effect of the 2005 disaster. Director Traci A. Curry spoke to Newsweek about the importance of the project.

NEW ORLEANS -- August 29 marks the anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Waveland, Mississippi, not far from New Orleans. The powerful hurricane hit Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005.

New York City is at seven." Scharf says, according to city records, there were 265 murders in New Orleans last year, 258 murders in 2003, and 275 in 2002.

National Geographic's "Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time" revisits the deadly catastrophe 20 years after it struck New Orleans. It airs July 27.

Travel Hurricane Katrina Devastated New Orleans. Some of It Came Back Better. Hurricane Katrina was a chapter in the history of man's struggle both to control nature and to accept what he cannot ...

Ahead of the 20th anniversary, National Geographic's "Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time" revisits the deadly catastrophe that struck New Orleans. It airs July 27.

Dec. 30, 2005 -- ABC News' Eddie Pinder was on the ground in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina, one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit American soil.

NEW OLREANS (WGNO) — A wreath laying ceremony was held in New Orleans on Monday, July 7, in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina. The ceremony was held along the riverfront.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans education leaders are touting school progress since Hurricane Katrina. New Schools for New Orleans said that are no longer any failing schools in the district, a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans education leaders are touting school progress since Hurricane Katrina. New Schools for New Orleans said that are no longer any failing schools in the district, a ...