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Katrina - Then and Now

The Mid City and Palmetto areas of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 30, 2005, and the same area a decade later.
The Mid City and Palmetto areas of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 30, 2005, and the same area a decade later.
David J. Phillip, Gerald Herbert, AP
Downtown New Orleans and the Superdome, Aug. 30, 2005 and July 2015. Katrina's powerful winds and driving rain bore down on Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005. The storm caused major damage to the Gulf Coast from Texas to central Florida while powering a storm surge.
Downtown New Orleans and the Superdome, Aug. 30, 2005 and July 2015. Katrina's powerful winds and driving rain bore down on Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005. The storm caused major damage to the Gulf Coast from Texas to central Florida while powering a storm surge.
David J. Phillip, Gerald Herbert, AP
Inside the Louisiana Superdome during Hurricane Katrina and 10 years later. The football stadium served as a shelter for displaced citizens. The storm went down in history as the costliest natural disaster to strike the U.S., with $150 billion in damages to homes and other property. It was also one of the deadliest -- nearly 2,000 died.
Inside the Louisiana Superdome during Hurricane Katrina and 10 years later. The football stadium served as a shelter for displaced citizens. The storm went down in history as the costliest natural disaster to strike the U.S., with $150 billion in damages to homes and other property. It was also one of the deadliest -- nearly 2,000 died.
Bill Haber, Gerald Herbert, AP
The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 11, 2005, and the same area a decade later. Before Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward was a working-class and predominantly African-American neighborhood just outside the city's historic center.
The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 11, 2005, and the same area a decade later. Before Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward was a working-class and predominantly African-American neighborhood just outside the city's historic center.
David J. Phillip, Gerald Herbert, AP
A tangle of fishing boats blocks the lanes of Highway 23 in Empire, La., Oct. 10, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the region, and the same site a decade later.
A tangle of fishing boats blocks the lanes of Highway 23 in Empire, La., Oct. 10, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the region, and the same site a decade later.
Don Ryan, Gerald Herbert, AP
A makeshift tomb Sept. 4, 2005, at a New Orleans street corner, concealing a body that had been lying on the sidewalk for days in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and the same site a decade later with an artist's memorial to the woman known as Vera.
A makeshift tomb Sept. 4, 2005, at a New Orleans street corner, concealing a body that had been lying on the sidewalk for days in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and the same site a decade later with an artist's memorial to the woman known as Vera.
Dave Martin, Gerald Herbert, AP
The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina Aug. 30, 2005, and the same area a decade later.
The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina Aug. 30, 2005, and the same area a decade later.
David J. Phillip, Gerald Herbert, AP
Aerial photos show the 17th Street Canal flood wall breach Sept. 3, 2005, and the Lakeview section of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina and the same area a decade later. The storm caused major damage to the Gulf Coast from Texas to central Florida while powering a storm surge that breached the system of levees built to protect New Orleans from flooding.
Aerial photos show the 17th Street Canal flood wall breach Sept. 3, 2005, and the Lakeview section of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Katrina and the same area a decade later. The storm caused major damage to the Gulf Coast from Texas to central Florida while powering a storm surge that breached the system of levees built to protect New Orleans from flooding.
Haraz N. Ghanbari, Gerald Herbert, AP
Valerie Thomas of New Orleans, left, and her nieces Shante Fletcher, 6, and Sarine Fletcher, 11, right, on Dec. 10, 2005, looking at the destruction of Valerie's brother's home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after returning to it for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, and empty lots in the same area a decade later.
Valerie Thomas of New Orleans, left, and her nieces Shante Fletcher, 6, and Sarine Fletcher, 11, right, on Dec. 10, 2005, looking at the destruction of Valerie's brother's home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after returning to it for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, and empty lots in the same area a decade later.
Gerald Herbert, AP
Patients and staff of the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are evacuated Aug. 31, 2005, by boat after flood waters surrounded the facility, and a decade later, the renamed Ochsner Baptist Hospital.
Patients and staff of the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are evacuated Aug. 31, 2005, by boat after flood waters surrounded the facility, and a decade later, the renamed Ochsner Baptist Hospital.
Bill Haber, Gerald Herbert, AP
Debris in front of the Church of God damaged by Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans on Dec. 16, 2005, and a decade later, an empty lot where it once stood.
Debris in front of the Church of God damaged by Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans on Dec. 16, 2005, and a decade later, an empty lot where it once stood.
Jacqueline Larma, AP
Aerial photos show downtown New Orleans on Sept. 3, 2005, flooded by Hurricane Katrina, and the same area a decade later.
Aerial photos show downtown New Orleans on Sept. 3, 2005, flooded by Hurricane Katrina, and the same area a decade later.
David J. Phillip, Gerald Herbert, AP