After Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, an alcoholic leaves her apartment to loot—but when she's gravely injured by sharp debris, she has to rely on the kindness of others to reach safety in a dog-eat-dog world.

During Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, a former heroin addict saxophonist, and his longtime friend observe the destruction of their city while they wait for the drummer’s gangster brother to rescue them.

A New Orleans woman disappears in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, leaving her son in the custody of his father, whose current girlfriend is skeptical of the the child's paternity.

After yet another hurricane, a Puerto Rican family reflects how they hide their struggles from their Americanized relatives.

In Johnstontown, Pennsylvania, two women, generations apart, survive devastating floods that kill their families. They meet and share their stories, but find it difficult to bond over the differences in their experiences.

Two sisters, both Sociology professors, find themselves summering husbandless in their rickety childhood home with their bastion of six children, their ornery mother, and their paralyzed father. They swap between stories of their upbringing and their present task of preparing for a fatal hurricane which will challenge their quaint way of life.

In a stratified United States where drought and hurricanes have created a massive climate refugee crisis, an entrepreneurial photographer profits off of a tragedy in the name of love and money.

An ex-Marine is locked in an attic by his aunt, who wants to separate him from his addictions. During a sudden hurricane and flood, he reflects on the horrors of war and contemplates death.

Protagonist Walter Stuart drives determinedly, with curious excitement, into a hurricane to save anyone who might be stuck. He weathers a torrential night with a stranded brother and sister, but by morning he has lost his mind and attempts to kill both of them.

News of a hurricane prompts an adult man to call his friend, and they reminisce about their past as partners in a drug-smuggling operation together.