Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MAY 30: In an aerial view, the 17th Street Canal at the site of the Hurricane Katrina levee breach in the Lakeview neighborhood stands in darker grey concrete on May 30, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. During Hurricane Katrina, the 17th Street Canal levee wall breached over 400 feet wide, sending over seven feet of water into the Lakeview neighborhood. Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005, killed at least 1,833 people and is considered one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. (Footage by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)