Hurricane Katrina Swirls Over the Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Katrina
(NASA, MODIS Rapid Response Team/Marine Photobank)

Hurricane Katrina battered the city of New Orleans and many other areas of the Gulf Coast when it came ashore in August 2005. Dr. Isaac Ginis, a Professor of Oceanography at The University of Rhode Isalnd, discusses how scientists model and forecast hurricanes around the world in his talk "Eye on the Storm: Predicting a Hurricane's Path of Destruction." 

Tags: Hurricanes