August 26, 2005 · Hurricane Katrina gains strength in the Gulf of Mexico after drenching the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area early Friday. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm. Utility companies reported more than 1 million customers without power as of Friday afternoon.
August 28, 2005 · Katrina, which first struck Florida last week as a tropical storm, is now a powerful Category 5 hurricane churning in the Gulf of Mexico, pointed at New Orleans. Eric Blake of the National Weather Service updates Liane Hansen on the storm's progress.
August 28, 2005 · Experts have long warned of the potential devastation that a slow-moving and powerful hurricane such as Katrina could wage on the historic city of New Orleans. Host Jacki Lyden and Debbie Elliott speak with Joe Suhayda, an oceanographer in Baton Rouge who has been using computer models to predict what damage a hurricane of this magnitude might inflict on New Orleans. August 28, 2005 · As Hurricane Katrina, now a Category 5 storm, bears down on New Orleans, residents facing a mandatory evacuation have boarded up windows and crowded roads out of town. Host Jacki Lyden and Debbie Elliott speak with Greg Allen, who is in New Orleans. August 29, 2005 · Nearly one million people have evacuated the area in and around New Orleans. Authorities ordered them out fearing a massive storm surge that could inundate the city. Will the levees hold?
August 29, 2005 · Cokie Roberts talks about the recently elected officials who are dealing with Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, and the potential impact of the storm on the oil market. She also notes the effect on her Louisiana relatives.
August 29, 2005 · Hurricane Katrina is driving oil prices higher amid concerns over the storm's potential to damage rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
August 29, 2005 · Hurricane Katrina has been downgraded slightly to a category 4 storm, but it remains one of the most powerful storms ever to approach the northern Gulf. At nearly 400 miles across, it's also one of the biggest.
August 29, 2005 · The great fear of many experts is that Hurricane Katrina may drive the waters of Lake Pontchartrain over levees and into the city, overwhelming an elaborate pumping system. The potential exists for the worst flood damage in U.S. history.
August 29, 2005 · Ted Falgout, port director of Port Fourchon, the biggest energy port on the Gulf, tells Steve Inskeep about the impact that Hurricane Katrina is having on oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices are approaching $70 a barrel.
