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Katrina's Wake: Then And Now

REMEMBER

After ten years, pictures from above show how much has, or hasn't, changed.

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It has been ten years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast of the U.S. It was a storm that knocked a city down, but not out. It destroyed homes, neighborhoods, and infrastructure. In the images that follow, satellite photographs of important locations in the region from 2005 have been matched up with how they look today. The contrasts speak for themselves.

17th St.

9th Ward

Superdome

Medical

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