How Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Is Still Felt 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina, a Category 5 storm, struck the Gulf Coast—devastating Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. It remains one of the worst U.S. natural disasters. Marianne Todd, Justin Sullivan, Mark Wilson, Chris Hondros, Chris Graythen/Getty Images, Menahem Kahana, Robert Sullivan/AFP via Getty Images, Vincent Laforet/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina, a Category 5 storm, struck the Gulf Coast—devastating Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. It remains one of the worst U.S. natural disasters. Marianne Todd, Justin Sullivan, Mark Wilson, Chris Hondros, Chris Graythen/Getty Images, Menahem Kahana, Robert Sullivan/AFP via Getty Images, Vincent Laforet/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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How Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Is Still Felt 20 Years Later

‘It wasn’t like we had to clean it up. ... There was no building, there was no slab. It was gone,’ the United Cajun Navy founder said.
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By T.J. Muscaro
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It was supposed to be a typical Florida storm, New Orleans resident Sherry Grace said.

Twenty years ago, a tropical storm made landfall in Southeast Florida. But it crossed the Everglades and continued to grow over warm Gulf waters.

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