TED Talks
TED: The workers rebuilding communities after natural disasters | Saket Soni
As climate change leads to more and more natural disasters, a group of workers is showing up at one site after another to rebuild and repair. Labor organizer Saket Soni tells the stories of Resilience Force — the group of mostly...
TED Talks
TED: How ethics can help you make better decisions | Michael Schur
What would Immanuel Kant say about a fender bender? In a surprisingly funny trip through the teachings of some of history's great philosophers, TV writer and producer Michael Schur (from hit shows like "The Office" and "The Good Place")...
Crash Course
Hurricane Katrina: Crash Course Black American History #49
In this episode, Clint Smith details his experience as a teenager in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005. The widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a result of faulty levees and a fumbled response by FEMA,...
Crash Course
Natural Hazards: Crash Course Geography
Today we wrap up the first half of our series on physical geography by taking a closer look at natural hazards - which are physical processes like heat waves and cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and floods and droughts. And...
Curated Video
Could The Next Blackout Be More Deadly Than Katrina?
With climate change making temperatures more extreme each year, like we recently saw in the great Texas freeze and the Northwest heatwave, large-scale power outages become a matter of life and death. Could a power grid failure during an...
Curated Video
What's The Deepest Storm Surge In History?
As our seas rise and hurricanes get stronger, it is important that we understand more about storm surge – the most dangerous part of a hurricane. In this episode of Weathered we tell the story behind the best video we’ve ever seen of...
Curated Video
Hurricane Katrina: Part 2
In 2005, New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The city had flood defences which were meant to protect it. Why did these fail and could this happen again? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Hurricane Katrina hit New...
Curated Video
Hurricane Katrina: Part 1
In 2005, New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina. What defences did the city have to protect it? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. New Orleans, Louisiana USA, straddles the Mississippi river and lies below sea level. New...
Curated Video
Rebuilding and Resilience: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
This video highlights the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, focusing on the devastation, rebuilding efforts, and the looming threat of climate change. It showcases the resilience of the city's people in the face of...
Curated Video
Rebuilding and Resilience: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
This video highlights the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005 and the subsequent efforts to rebuild and recover. It discusses the challenges faced in rebuilding infrastructure, such as the Superdome and levees,...
Curated Video
The Environment: Friend and Foe
Dr. Forrester discusses how environmental process and characteristics affected the settlement of New Orleans and how the environmental disaster of Hurricane Katrina affected the area in 2005.
Curated Video
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina describes how geography affects climate and weather by examining Hurricane Katrina as an example.
Step Back History
Coronavirus: What to Do When the State Won't save Us
This is a hard time for everyone, but not evenly. In this video I talk about how history can give us insight about the inequalities of this pandemic, but also give hope for the future?
Healthcare Triage
Hurricanes, Floods, and Their Long-term Health Impacts
The wind and rain and flooding and destruction that happen during a hurricane are dangerous, and have obvious impacts on the health of people who live in hurricane-prone regions. But many of the health impacts of hurricanes and floods...
Curated Video
The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina
In August 2005, a strong tropical cyclone hit the Southeastern United States. This storm became known as Hurricane Katrina. Learn about where Katrina landed and the devastation it caused.
Curated Video
How Storms Get Their Names
This video explains the history and importance of the naming system for storms. It covers how storms were traditionally named after places, holidays, or objects but now follow a standardized system.
The Wall Street Journal
The Business Of Being A Supermodel
Supermodel Naomi Campbell discusses expanding her influence beyond the runway, from her non-profit Fashion for Relief to her YouTube channel "Being Naomi" at WSJ Tech Live in Laguna Beach.
Science360
Haiti
The organisations and people assisting in recovery efforts after the 2010 Haitian earthquake.
NASA
NASA | In Katrina's Wake
Hurricane Katrina took the world by storm when it ravaged Louisiana and surrounding states in late August of 2005. Katrina's effects were far reaching, and researchers continue to uncover new areas of devastation left in her wake. Using...
NASA
NASA | Katrina Retrospective: 5 Years After the Storm
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. Five years later, NASA revisits the storm with a short video that shows Katrina as captured by satellites. Before and during the hurricane's landfall, NASA...
NASA
Ten-Year Gap in Major Hurricanes Continues
Could the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season break the 10-year “hurricane drought” record? It has been a decade since the last major hurricane, Category 3 or higher, made landfall in the United States. This is the...
NASA
NASA/NOAA | First Images from NOAA's GOES-14 Weather Satellite
Exactly a month ago on June 27, 2009. NASA launched a new and improved weather satellite called GOES-O. Now that GOES-O is safely into its orbit, it has been renamed to GOES-14. Today, we visited NOAA's Satellite Operations Facility in...
TMW Media
Remembering how Hurricane Katrina wrecked through New Orleans
In this episode of Travel Thru History we’re wading from the Bayou to the Boulevard in the deep south of North America to a city that knows how to have a good time. It hosts one of the biggest festivals in the country and is well-known...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Katrina: The Impact on Society
Hurricane Katrina was historic, not just for size and strength but for way it hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and southeastern Louisiana. It led to death, destruction, displacement, and suffering, particularly in New Orleans. See the...