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In Mississippi, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the recovery has been long

By Debbie Elliott

Published August 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM EDT

Former Gov. Haley Barbour reflects on the hurricane's blow to Mississippi, where 238 people were killed. He says there are lessons in the resilience of people and the government's disaster response.

Debbie Elliott

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South. She covers the latest news and politics, and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

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70 years after Emmett Till's murder, Mississippi museum acquires gun used to kill him

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It's been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was killed by white men because he whistled at a white woman. Now the gun used in his death is in a museum.
Waveland, Miss., is still recovering 20 years after Hurricane Katrina hit

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Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Waveland, Miss. A deadly and destructive storm surge nearly 30 feet high washed away the town. Twenty years later, it's still trying to recover.
In Alabama, a dredging project in Mobile Bay brings together unlikely allies

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Dredging waterways for navigation is a centuries-old practice, but this project is controversial because the mud being dug out of the channel is put into other parts of Mobile Bay.