| 10/2/2015 | Dr. Sanjay Gupta returns to Charity Hospital to recount the emergency care it provided during Katrina. Gupta also recounts the closing of Charity and the opening of University Medical Center. [Video is undated.] | Gupta | Video | Click Here | - | - |
| 4/20/2016 | Five Ex-NOPD officers plead guilty to various charges stemming from the shootings on the Danziger Bridge. Kenneth Bowen receives a sentence of 10 years in prison, Robert Faulcon 12 years, Robert Gisevius Jr. 7 years, and Arthur Kaufman 3 years. | Chuck | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 8/1/2016 | Robert Romero files a whistleblower suit in a sealed Complaint alleging AECOM, Xavier University, Archdioceses of New Orleans, and Dillard University of making claims in excess of actual damages for remediation work after Hurricane Katrina. | Romero | Court Doc. | Click Here | Recovery | Legal |
| 12/19/2016 | The City of New Orleans reaches a $13.3 million settlement with the families of victims who were killed by the NOPD in 2005. The deceased were Raymond Robair, Henry Glover, Ronald Madison, and James Brissette Jr., as well as four other people who were shot on the Danziger Bridge. | Hersher | Article | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 8/5/2017 | As much as nine inches of rain fall on New Orleans, overwhelming the city's pumps demonstrating that levees alone cannot always protect the city. | Craig | Article | Click Here | Meteorology | Levees |
| 8/26/2017 | Hurricane Harvey (Category 4) makes its first U.S. landfall near Rockport, Texas. Harvey stalls over Texas and produces huge amounts of rainfall making it the second most costly hurricane in U.S. history. | Blake | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 11/18/2017 | LaToya Cantrell is elected as the first female Mayor of New Orleans. | Common Fact | Other | Click Here | Women | - |
| 12/1/2017 | Former Congressman William Jefferson, who was convicted of bribery in 2009, has his sentenced reduced in to time served as a result of a Supreme Court decision dealing with bribery by public officials. Jefferson served 5 years and 5 months of his original sentence of 13 years. | Barakat | Web Page | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 4/20/2018 | The U.S. Court of Appeals reverses the Federal Claims Court ruling in favor of plaintiffs. The court holds that the federal government is not liable for flood damage under the Tucker Act. (St. Bernard Parish v United States) | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Levees |
| 5/5/2019 | In Francis v. Make It Right Foundation et al., (the Brad Pitt non-profit hoping to build affordable housing) the Federal Court grants plaintiffs' motion to remand the case to state court. | Fallon | Court Doc. | Click Here | Housing | Legal |
| 7/13/2019 | Hurricane Barry (Category 1) makes landfall near Pecan Island, Louisiana. After landfall, Barry turned north-northwest and weakened. Rainfall over south-central and southwestern Louisiana were heavy and totalled more than 10 inches in some areas. | Cangialosi | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 9/17/2019 | Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall near Freeport, Texas. The storm brings heavy rains to Texas and extreme southwest Louisiana. | Latto | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 2/25/2020 | Mardi Gras this year, unbeknownst to revelers, turns out to be a Super-Spread event for the COVID-19 virus. The danger of the virus was not fully understood at the time. | | Article | Click Here | Culture | Epidemic |
| 4/27/2020 | Former Mayor Ray Nagin is released from jail after serving approximately half of his 10-year jail term for corruption. Nagin is released early because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Hammer | Article | Click Here | Legal | Corruption |
| 6/3/2020 | The AP reports that a 2016 whistleblower lawsuit, just unsealed, alleges fraud of over $100 million in Katrina aid. The suit names the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, Xavier University, and Dillard University. | McGill | Article | Click Here | Recovery | Legal |
| 6/3/2020 | The Department of Justice intervenes in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraud by AECOM by submitting false claims to FEMA in Katrina recovery repairs. | | Press Release | Click Here | Recovery | Legal |
| 6/3/2020 | Xavier University settles a whistleblower suit for $12 million. The suit alleged that Xavier University and its contractor filed false damage claims that "...caused FEMA to pay for new buildings instead of less costly repairs..." | | Press Release | Click Here | Recovery | Legal |
| 6/7/2020 | Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall just east of Grand Isle in Plaquemines Parish. The storm then moved over New Orleans and later weakened as it moved towards Natchez, Mississippi. The storm caused six deaths and resulted in $310 million in damages. | Berg | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 8/27/2020 | Hurricane Laura (Category 4) makes landfall near Cameron, Louisiana and moves very near Lake Charles. The storm causes 47 fatalities and about $19 billion in damages. A storm surge of over 18 feet strikes Creole and Grand Chenier, Louisiana. | Blake | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 8/28/2020 | The COVID crisis disproportionately impacts the Black community in a manner reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina. | Santana | Article | Click Here | Race | Healthcare |
| 10/9/2020 | Hurricane Delta (Category 2) makes landfall near Creole, Louisiana, about 10 miles east of where Hurricane Laura made landfall about 5 weeks earlier. The storm weakened quickly but two people were killed and $2.9 billion in damage was reported. | Cangialosi | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 10/28/2020 | Hurricane Zeta (Category 3) makes landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana and moves through New Orleans two hour later. The storm causes 5 fatalities and about $4.4 billion in damages. | Pasch | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 1/21/2021 | Bloomberg Law discusses the meaning of "social cost of carbon" and the Biden administration's efforts to use this metric. | Lee | Article | Click Here | Climate Change | Legal |
| 2/19/2021 | The Biden administration files an affidavit from an OMB official in support of its Motion to Stay the Preliminary Injunction concerning the social cost of carbon emissions. State of Louisiana v. Biden. | Mancini | Court Doc. | Click Here | Climate Change | - |
| 4/2/2021 | Make It Right Foundation files a civil lawsuit accusing its former executives of mismanagement of the nonprofit. | Hickman | Article | Click Here | Housing | Legal |
| 4/17/2021 | Louisiana legislators propose imposing a tax on five New Orleans area parishes to fund repayment of Katrina related levee construction. | Schleifstein | Article | Click Here | Levees | Economics |
| 4/22/2021 | State Senator Rick Ward delays consideration of a bill that would determine how the state would spend money recovered from a settlement with Freeport-McMoran. The company agreed to a $100 million settlement paid out over 20 years but legislature members allied with the oil and gas industry have blocked efforts to finalize the settlement. | Bridges | Article | Click Here | Wetlands | Environment |
| 6/16/2021 | At a press conference, Mayor Cantrell and Entergy executives announce the construction of a new $74 million substation that would largely replace the Sewerage and Water Boards turbine power generators. The new facility would supply power to the SWB's drainage pumps. | Stein | Article | Click Here | Infrastructure | - |
| 7/6/2021 | Bright Sun Films releases Closed for the Storm, a documentary detailing the history of Jazzland theme park in New Orleans East. | Williams | Video | Click Here | Commerce | - |
| 8/26/2021 | A Hurricane Watch is issued for the New Orleans area. Tropical Storm Ida is expected to become a hurricane and reach the Gulf Coast on Sunday, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. | Brown | Press Release | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 8/29/2021 | Hurricane Ida makes landfall near Port Fourchon as a Category 4 storm. | Brown | Press Release | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 8/29/2021 | The eye of Hurricane Ida passes just west of New Orleans. | Brown | Press Release | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 8/29/2021 | Hurricane Ida strikes the New Orleans area 16 years to the day since Hurricane Katrina. Ida makes landfall as a Category 4 storm and causes extensive damage to the Gulf Coast and especially coastal area cities. Electricity in New Orleans is knocked out and Entergy will take weeks to restore power to the area. | Santana | Article | Click Here | Meteorology | Infrastructure |
| 9/4/2021 | In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers find, "...Florida and Louisiana are most prone to sequential TC [landfall of multiple tropical cyclones within a short period] hazard, and this hazard has had an increasing potential for most coastal regions since 1979." | Xi | Paper | Click Here | Meteorology | - |
| 9/7/2021 | Entergy posts a power restoration map of the Greater New Orleans area showing areas that are still without electricity after Hurricane Ida. | | Map | Click Here | Infrastructure | - |
| 9/7/2021 | Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donel directs homeowner insurance companies to reimburse policy holders for evacuation expenses during Hurricane Ida regardless of whether a mandatory evacuation order was issued. | Moore | Court Doc. | Click Here | Evacuation | Legal |
| 9/8/2021 | AccuWeather estimates that Hurricane Ida will ultimately result in losses totalling $95 billion making it the 7th costliest hurricane since 2000. | Stevens | Article | Click Here | Commerce | Meteorology |
| 9/13/2021 | Louisiana's death toll from Hurricane Ida reaches 28 people, 12 of whom died from heat exposure. | | Article | Click Here | Meteorology | Infrastructure |
| 9/15/2021 | The U.S. Energy Information Administration releases data noting over 1.2 million customers lost power during Hurricane Ida. The report also details power restoration data. | | Web Page | Click Here | Infrastructure | - |
| 10/28/2021 | A Federal bankruptcy court judge approves a whistleblower settlement of $1.05 million with the Archdiocese of New Orleans to settle allegations of overinflated cost estimates for Hurricane Katrina repairs. The Archdiocese denies the allegations. The suit was filed in 2016 by a worker involved in the reconstruction work. | | Article | Click Here | Corruption | Legal |
| 10/28/2021 | The New Orleans City Council votes to create a "system resiliency and storm hardening plan" that will be completed by March of 2022. The plan will analyze how the Entergy electricity grid can be made more resistant to storm outages. At least ten people died due to excessive heat and lack of power following Hurricane Ida. | Stein | Article | Click Here | Infrastructure | - |
| 11/13/2021 | LaToya Cantrell is reelected Mayor of New Orleans. | Stein | Article | Click Here | Women | - |
| 11/29/2021 | Tulane University, with commercial partners, signs a lease to develop the former Charity Hospital into a mixed use facility. The plan envisions "apartments, retail, educational institutions and other uses, all anchored by Tulane’s academic and research presence." | Strecker | Press Release | Click Here | Healthcare | - |
| 1/18/2022 | In a got science? podcast, Senior Climate Scientist Astrid Caldas discusses Hurricane Ida—and the many other storms in 2021 that were made worse by climate change. | Caldas | Podcast | Click Here | Meteorology | Climate Change |
| 1/20/2022 | The Louisiana State Bond Commission approves an Entergy plan to sell $3.2 billion in bonds to finance Hurricane Ida repairs. The bonds would add a monthly $9.56 surcharge to electricity bills for 20 years. Customers in New Orleans would be subject to a different surcharge. | O'Donoghue | Article | Click Here | Infrastructure | Recovery |
| 1/24/2022 | Entergy withdraws from a $30 million commitment to partly finance a New Orleans power substation that would replace aging and unreliable turbine generators that power drainage pumps. | | Article | Click Here | Infrastructure | - |
| 2/11/2022 | In a suit lead by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the District Court grants a request for a Preliminary Injunction preventing the Biden administration from using the social cost of carbon emissions in the analysis of oil and gas leases and for other purposes. | Cain | Court Doc. | Click Here | Climate Change | Legal |
| 2/19/2022 | The U.S. Attorney General files a Memorandum to stay the District Court's injunction prohibiting the use of social costs of carbon emission estimates in the review of oil and gas leases. | Boyton | Court Doc. | Click Here | Climate Change | Legal |
| 2/22/2022 | The Washington Post reports that a recent court decision has stymied the Biden administration's efforts to use the social cost of carbon emissions when reviewing various climate change efforts. | Joselow | Article | Click Here | Climate Change | Legal |
| 3/16/2022 | The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court's ruling and removes a preliminary injunction preventing the Biden administration from using the social cost of carbon emissions when making energy policies. The suit had been lead by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry. | Kidwell | Article | Click Here | Climate Change | Legal |
| 3/24/2022 | Governor Edwards holds a roundtable discussion about how insurance companies have not been responsive to the needs of storm victims. | Wilson | Article | Click Here | Insurance | Legal |
| 6/6/2022 | The Army Corps announces $122 funds will be used to repair and install additional storm protection needed after Hurricane Ida. | Boyett | Press Release | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 6/22/2022 | Bob Dean, the owner of seven nursing homes in Louisiana, is arrested for mistreatment of residents during and after Hurricane Ida. Seven people died in the homes and Dean was charged with Medicaid fraud, intimidation of health officials, and cruelty to persons with infirmities. | | Article | Click Here | Nursing Home | |
| 6/28/2022 | Nine months after Hurricane Ida strikes southern Louisiana, FEMA releases additional funds for debris removal in Kenner and Covington, and the Parishes of St. Bernard, St. Helena, and Terrebonne. | Kennedy | Press Release | Click Here | - | - |
| 7/7/2022 | Admin. Law Judge Moore rules that the Department of Insurance's Directive forcing insurance companies to reimburse policy holders for evacuation expenses (during Hurricane Ida) in the absence of a mandatory evacuation order is unenforceable. | Moore | Court Doc. | Click Here | Evacuation | Legal |
| 8/1/2022 | The Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance reports that insurers have paid or reserved $13.1 billion in claims for the damage caused by Hurricane Ida, Category 4 storm that affected 25 parishes. | Donelon | Press Release | Click Here | Meteorology | |
| 8/6/2022 | The New Orleans City Council apologizes for its response in 1973 to an arson at a gay bar that killed 32 people. The Council also promised to resume its efforts to locate the remains of four victims, three of whom were never identified. | | Article | Click Here | LGBTQ | |
| 8/17/2022 | Brad Pitt's Make It Right nonprofit settles with homeowners for $20.5 million. The nonprofit built homes for Katrina victims but it was later discovered that the homes were built with faulty building materials. | Poole | Article | Click Here | Housing | |
| 8/19/2022 | St. Farm Fire and Casualty settles a whistleblower suit for a $100 million payment to the federal government. Former claims adjusters for the insurer alleged in their suit that St. Farm submitted fraudulent claims which shifted the liability for Katrina loses to FEMA instead of St. Farm. | Hemenway | Article | Click Here | Corruption | |
| 9/27/2022 | Nola.com reports that based on its public information request from FEMA, insurance rates could rise 122% on average for Louisiana homeowners. The increase is the result of a newly implemented system to more accurately assess risk. | Smith | Article | Click Here | Climate Change | Insurance |
| 9/28/2022 | Hurricane Ian, almost a Category 5 hurricane, makes a landfall on the west coast of Florida causing massive wind and flooding damage. | Sosnowki | Web Page | Click Here | Meteorology | |
| 9/30/2022 | The coalition for sustainable flood insurance release a report detailing the issues of providing affordable flood insurance. The report focuses on ways to increase the purchase of flood insurance by homeowners. | | Report | Click Here | Climate Change | Insurance |
| 10/17/2022 | In a lawsuit against oil and gas companies alleging destruction of wetlands (Plaquemines v. Chevron) the federal appellate court affirms the lower court decision sending the case back to state court. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Wetlands | Legal |
| 1/4/2023 | In an update to a report by the National Hurricane Center, Katrina related deaths are lowered to about 1400 from 1800. | Knabb | Report | Click Here | Meteorology | |
| 2/17/2023 | The federal government announces it will not pursue claims against Katrina survivors about the use of grants to fund home repairs. The government had contended that the grants were meant to be used to raise homes rather than for their repair. | | Press Release | Click Here | Recovery | Housing |
| 2/27/2023 | The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal of the lower court's order sending the case of Plaquemines Parish v. Chevron, et al. back to state court. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Wetlands | Legal |
| 4/23/2023 | The Hollywood Reporter alleges that the non-proft group originally formed by Brad Pitt to build recovery housing does not have the $20.5 it had agreed to pay out to settle a class action lawsuit. | Baum | Web Page | Click Here | Housing | Legal |
