New Orleans Rises Decade After Katrina, but Gaps Remain

As people search for words to describe New Orleans’ recovery a decade after Hurricane Katrina, they sometimes use words verging on the Biblical

Rocky Morales and Suzanne Guidroz at their home, rebuilt after the previous one was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, in Delacroix, La., on Aug. 5, 2015. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

NEW ORLEANS—As people search for words to describe New Orleans’ recovery a decade after Hurricane Katrina, they sometimes use words verging on the Biblical - an economic and cultural resurrection, a rising from the ashes.

Helped by billions of dollars in recovery money, buoyed by volunteers and driven by the grit of its own citizens, New Orleans has rebounded in ways few thought possible in the decade since Hurricane Katrina. Reforms are evident everywhere, from schools to policing to community engagement and water management, all aimed at buttressing its people against the next monster storm.

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