A year after the storms first hit land, the Gulf Coast continues to grapple toward recovery from the pain wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. News organizations find themselves doubly taxed by the dual tasks of rebuilding themselves and chronicling the same effort within their communities.

The interactive map linked from the image below reflects the swath of the storm from as far east as Florida and as far west as Texas. (If we've missed some news organizations, please let us know, and we will add them.)

Start by clicking the image below, and then mouse over the red dots at various cities for a clickable list of local news organizations. Below the map, we've included reports on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath from news organizations across the country. Scroll down for more.

KATRINA-RELATED PROJECTS:
The Washington Post Special Report: Gulf Coast Hurricanes After Katrina: Starting Over Faces in Our Midst	USA Today Recovery on the Gulf Coast: Hurricane Katrina Coverage
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Through Hell and High Water	The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.) Katrina: First Anniversary
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Katrina: One Year Later Storm & Struggle	CNN Hurricane Katrina
The New York Times The Katrina Year	National Public Radio Katrina: One Year Later
MSNBC Katrina, The Long Road Back Rising from Ruin	CBS News Disaster on the Gulf Coast
ABC News Hurricane Katrina	BBC News In Depth: Hurricane Katrina
Houston Chronicle Hurricane Katrina	PBS "Frontline:" The Storm
The Guardian (London) Special Report: Hurricane Katrina	Dallas Morning News Hurricane Katrina: A Year After the Heartbreak
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune Hurricane Katrina	AL.com (Alabama) Hurricane Katrina
Toronto Star Rebuilding One Year After Katrina	McClatchy Washington Bureau Katrina: One Year Later
Bloomberg Special Report	[X]Press Online (San Francisco State University) Hurricane Katrina: Special Report
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times A Year After Katrina	Reuters Special Report: Katrina One Year Later
The Chronicle of Higher Education Hurricanes Katrina, Rita & Wilma	asap Katrina: An asap Special Report
Science magazine The Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Their Aftermath	The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee Katrina
The Boston Globe Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back	National Geographic New Orleans Then and Now: In Katrina's Wake
C-SPAN Hurricane Aftermath	Chicago Tribune Hurricane Katrina
The Palm Beach Post Storm 2006: Hurricane Katrina	Newsweek Hurricane Katrina