Katrina: Come Hell and High Water - Everything you need to know about the docuseries coming on Netflix

Netflix recently released a teaser for its upcoming three-part docuseries, Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, which will feature the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005.

Executive produced by Spike Lee (When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts), the docu-series will feature the harrowing accounts of brave survivors and the painful memories they bear, more than 20 years after a devastating tropical cyclone struck their city, causing 1,392 fatalities.

In three episodes, Katrina: Come Hell and High Water will uncover the moment the eye of the storm struck the cheerful city, the deeply flooded areas in the aftermath, and finally, human error and neglect that turned it into a cataclysmic event.

Created by Alisa Payne, who also serves as one of the showrunners, the docu-series reflects on the lives lost as well as the lives spared but changed forever. It will be released on Netflix on August 27, 2025.

More on this in our story.

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Katrina: Come Hell and High Water: Details about Netflix's upcoming docu-series

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water recounts the devastating and historic tropical cyclone that hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2005. The official press release of the docu-series reads as follows:

"The series sets the stage for a tragedy - whose man-made elements exposed the systemic governmental neglect that led to the city being defenseless in the face of the storm - and Katrina's impact that changed New Orleans irreparably.''

While the tragedy hit New Orleans 20 years ago, its wounds and memories are still fresh in the people's minds, which is what makes it a real disaster. The tragedy claimed over 1,300 lives, and Katrina: Come Hell and High Water also highlights the lives that were saved but changed forever by the effects of the cyclone.

Formed on August 23, 2005, due to the merger of a tropical wave and the remnants of a tropical depression, Katrina eventually transformed into a Category 5 hurricane on August 29, striking New Orleans with all its might, claiming lives, belongings, and memories.

As much as 80% of New Orleans and its neighbouring cities were flooded, causing a massive national and International rescue effort. However, a later investigation proved that the US Army Corps of Engineers, the organization that built a hurricane protection system, particularly levees, was responsible for breached floodwalls. This resulted in Hurricane Katrina entering the city with such major force.

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Who will be featured in Katrina: Come Hell and High Water?

Netflix's Katrina: Come Hell and High Water features the harrowing tales of the people of New Orleans who managed to escape physically, but are still haunted by its painful memories and the loss of their loved ones claimed by the tragedy.

As the trailer for this Netflix docu-series reveals, a New Orleanian can be heard saying:

"I have flashes. Like flashes that go off, like memories... like I can see all those faces. The elderly lady, the little kid that I was close with, this veteran or this man. I can remember the conversations."

"There's something washed away in the storm that they can never get back.'' another person adds

Another New Orleanian voice echoes in the trailer:

"I stayed out here many years. But I had to just pull away because it was overwhelming."

These are first-hand accounts of people who actually saw the eye of the storm and continue to bear its scars even after 20 years. In addition to first-hand accounts, Katrina: Come Hell and High Water will also feature a never-before-seen archive that will illustrate the aftermath of the levees breaking and the city plunging into water and tragedy.

The docu-series will arrive on Netflix on August 27, 2025.

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