It was 20 years ago this month that Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism and courage – and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality. This graphic novel captures tragedy and triumph in one of the worst natural disasters in American history.