The hurricane caused the deaths of more than 1,400 Louisiana residents, most from New Orleans. It flooded 140 square miles of the city and damaged or destroyed 160,000 homes in the area.

When the Next Hurricane Katrina Hits: Is the U.S. Ready? The 2005 storm forced New Orleans to improve its flood defenses, but many other shoreline towns are still woefully unprepared ...

Officials point to the Superdome and new levee system as signs of progress. — -- Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, arguably the nation's worst natural disaster, there are remarkable signs of ...

'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.

Katrina 10 years later: New Orleans 23 photos Gray’s office said before Katrina the Lower 9th Ward had about 20,000 residents. Now that number is in the 7,000 to 8,000 range.

A graphic released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the estimated depth and extent of flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina as of Aug. 31, 2005.

St. Berard Parish deputy sheriff Jerry Reyes uses his boat to rescue residents after Hurricane Katrina hit the area causing flooding in their New Orleans neighborhood, Monday Morning, Aug. 29, 2005.

Edward Buckles Jr., a New Orleans native who was 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit and directed the documentary "Katrina Babies," poses for a photo outside the Circle Food Store in the city on Friday ...

As the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, residents of New Orleans and those involved in the city’s recovery give their take on lessons learned.

Katrina began as a tropical depression over the Bahamas on Aug. 23, 2005, and strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, with sustained winds of 175 mph.

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 30, 2021, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: In New Orleans, Anxiously Watching the Levees As Hurricane Ida Arrives.