STORM of the century

Survivors of the Hurricane Katrina disaster tell their stories...

- CAREN CLARK, HANNAH DAVIES, SEAN MARLAND

On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina crashed into the city of New Orleans in what would be remembered as one of the most devastating natural disasters in US history, causing the deaths of almost 2,000 people.

Now, as the 20th anniversary of the disaster approaches, this five-part series gives a minute-by-minute account of the catastrophe, while telling the heart-wrenching stories of people who battled to survive the storm and its aftermath.