USA TODAY book: How Katrina changed all of us — an epic tale of disaster and perseverance Gene Myers, USA TODAY NETWORK August 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM 1 / 47Hurricane Katrina hit 20 years ago this month: See the shocking photosWater stands in much of the area around downtown New Orleans seven days after...
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Gene Myers, USA TODAY NETWORK August 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
1 / 47Hurricane Katrina hit 20 years ago this month: See the shocking photosWater stands in much of the area around downtown New Orleans seven days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city on Sept. 5, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, battering New Orleans, swamping towns and lowlands with seawater and stranding people on rooftops.
Twenty years ago, few people in New Orleans were paying attention to a tropical depression forming over the Bahamas. The Crescent City was enjoying a lazy summer in late August.
But within days, that distant storm became Hurricane Katrina, forever changing not just New Orleans and coastal Mississippi but the entire nation.
On the 20th anniversary of the most devasting storm in U.S. history, USA TODAY has crafted a stunning 160-page hardcover book that captures the catastrophic levee failures that left 80% of New Orleans underwater but also captures the extraordinary stories of perseverance that followed. Everyday Americans across the country opened their homes, organized fundraisers and showed up with boots on the ground to help rebuild entire communities.
"Katrina's Legacy: The Hurricane That Changed America" gives voice to the survivors who showed profound resoluteness in the face of overwhelming destruction, the evacuees who built new lives in new places, and the countless strangers who became family during America's darkest hours.
Exclusive book: How Katrina changed all of us
USA TODAY marks the 20th anniversary of the worst storm in U.S. history with a new book, "Katrina's Legacy: The Hurricane That Changed America." It captures the catastrophic destruction from 2005 and the extraordinary stories of perseverance that have unfolded ever since.
From the jarring images that remain etched in our national memory to the quiet acts of heroism that pulled the Gulf Coast back from the brink, "Kartina's Legacy" ensures that the lessons learned and the bonds forged will never be forgotten.
"Katrina's Legacy," a premium coffee-table book with provocative stories and photos from across the country by USA TODAY Network journalists, retails for $39.95 but you receive a 20% discount if you order now. (That's $31.95, plus shipping and taxes.) Order at Katrina20.PictorialBook.com.
Own this essential chronicle of how a disaster revealed our deepest flaws and our greatest capacity for compassion.
Exclusive book: How Katrina changed all of us
Contact Gene Myers at [email protected]. Follow him on X @GeneMyers. After nearly a quarter-century as sports editor at the Detroit Free Press, Myers unretired to coordinate book and page print projects across the USA TODAY Network. Check out more books and page prints from the USA TODAY Network — including books on Popes Francis and Leo XIV, the Super Bowl champion Eagles and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
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