BILOXI, Miss. (JTA) — Standing on an empty lot at the corner of Camellia Street and Southern Avenue, Brad Kessie wistfully inspected one of two sago palms that marked the pathway to Congregation ...

Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ... Three years later, though the direct hit was to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the time had come.

For example, the maximum storm surge of Hurricane Katrina was 27.8 feet in Pass Christian, Mississippi (measured inside a building where waves couldn't reach). However, the highest high water mark ...