MIAMI - Hurricane Katrina remains etched in history as a devastating storm whose catastrophic surge triggered widespread flooding and a humanitarian crisis.

Since then, hurricane forecasting has undergone a dramatic transformation, and in the words of the National Hurricane Center, it has evolved "in almost every way imaginable."

How hurricane forecasting has changed since Hurricane Katrina

What they're saying:

Michael Brennan, the director of the National Hurricane Center, told LiveNOW from FOX that the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 hurricane season spurred the development of a whole new generation of hurricane forecasting modeling.

"All the tools we have are better now than they were 20 years ago," Brennan told LiveNOW from FOX. "We have better satellite imagery, w

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