Remembering Hurricane Katrina on its 17th anniversary
17 years ago today, on August 29, 2005, New Orleans’ poorly maintained levees broke and flooded the city when #HurricaneKatrina hit New Orleans. The privileged few were able to flee the disaster while thousands were left in flooded streets and on the rooftops of their homes. Over 1,800 people died as a result.
Bathroom in private home on Lake Pontchartrain, LA.
Katrina brought widespread damage and death to New Orleans and surrounding areas, including parts of Mississippi and Alabama.
Corner store, 9th Ward, New Orleans
Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history. Katrina's destruction wasn't limited to just Louisiana and Mississippi, with damage reported as far east as the Florida Panhandle due to the large wind field and storm surge associated with the hurricane. In all, Hurricane Katrina was responsible for 1,833 fatalities and caused $125 billion dollars in damage.
