Synopsis

On the morning of August 29, 2005, within a span of less than twelve hours, Hurricane Katrina wrought devastation upon the Louisiana coast. The storm resulted in over a thousand deaths and reshaped the city of New Orleans, a metropolis of over a million inhabitants, into a submerged and uninhabitable landscape. *NOVA* examines the science behind Hurricane Katrina, offering a rigorous analysis of the factors that contributed to the disaster alongside a vivid, chronological account of the unfoldin