It has often been said that what happened to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina was a man-made disaster. A new book identifies former Mayor Ray Nagin as one of those men. “Katrina: After ...

In a fiery, profanity-filled interview, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré does not hold back when he describes his experience during Hurricane Katrina. Viewer discretion is advised.

(CNN) -- Though most New Orleanians approve of their mayor's handling of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath -- and are willing to overlook his "chocolate city" remark -- Ray Nagin is no shoo-in for ...

New Orleans? With a Category 5 hurricane bearing down on his below-sea-level city, Mayor C. Ray Nagin made what pleas he could to his fellow residents to flee and then left it in the hands of a ...

It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level. Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans resembled a war zone more than a modern American metropolis Tuesday, as Gulf Coast communities struggled to deal with the devastating aftermath of ...

From the very top, let's get something straight. I think that Ray Nagin, the black mayor of New Orleans, did a terrible job of planning right before Hurricane Katrina hit ...