Photos: The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, then and now
NEW ORLEANS – Sunday marks five years to the day from when Katrina roared ashore in Louisiana. Eighty percent of New Orleans was flooded when the storm tore through protective levees and about 1,600 people died.
After years where halting progress mixed often with setbacks and despair, the city was getting back on its feet when the BP oil spill dealt another blow. The exploded well spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf before it was capped in mid-July.
The following are snapshots of the conditions in New Orleans then – in 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the storm – and now.
