EXCLUSIVE: By the end of the week, we could have our first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, as Tropical Storm Erin gathers strength. That could be an ominous sign for the hurricane season, but for destruction, death and ongoing impact, it would be hard to imagine eclipsing the tragedy of 2005.

That’s when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, causing the levees to break and flood the city’s lower elevations, killing an estimated 1,200 people and irrevocably altering hundreds of thousands of lives. To mark the 20 th anniversary of that catastrophe, Netflix will premiere the three-part documentary series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water on August 27, from the team behind When the Levees Broke . Geeta Gandbhir , Samantha Knowles , and Spike Lee each direct one episode; Alisa Pa

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