when HurricaneKatrina struck the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, specifically Pearlington, MS on August 29, 2005. In the aftermath of the storm, while the building
of HurricaneKatrina. Four of TheTimes-Picayune's staff reporters also received Pulitzers for breaking-news reporting for their storm coverage. The paper
Slidell, Louisiana, warning of the devastation that HurricaneKatrina could wreak upon the Gulf Coast of the United States, and the torrent of pain, misery and