“Without the American taxpayer and the volunteers who came here, we wouldn’t have anything. Nothing,” said Chip McDermott, who served as mayor of Pass Christian after Hurricane Katrina.

University of Oklahoma student Michael Ferragamo's project to map out all of the landfalls ... Were you displaced by Hurricane Katrina? The USA TODAY Network is chronicling the lingering impact ...

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans nearly 20 years ago, wrecking neighborhoods and leaving debris littered across the city, one plant stood tall amid the chaos: the Peggy Martin rose.

Were you displaced by Hurricane Katrina? The USA TODAY Network is chronicling the lingering impact of the catastrophic storm and the resilience of the people involved. If you are an evacuee who ...