JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) recounts his experience during the aftermath of the August 2005 storm. Hurricane Katrina landed on the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. It caused unprecedented death and destruction in Mississippi. It was unlike anything previously experienced in […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader