Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans, then and now — in pictures

The National
  • Fshing boats blocks Highway 23 in Empire, La. after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the region, and the same site a decade later.
    Fshing boats blocks Highway 23 in Empire, La. after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the region, and the same site a decade later.
  • Debris in front of the Church of God in the Lower Ninth Ward neighbourhood of New Orleans, and a decade later, where it once stood.
    Debris in front of the Church of God in the Lower Ninth Ward neighbourhood of New Orleans, and a decade later, where it once stood.
  • Aerial photos show the Mid City and Palmetto areas of New Orleans.
    Aerial photos show the Mid City and Palmetto areas of New Orleans.
  • Flood survivors in a pick-up truck as hundreds of others wait to be evacuated at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the same site a decade later.
    Flood survivors in a pick-up truck as hundreds of others wait to be evacuated at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the same site a decade later.
  • Patients and staff of the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are evacuated by boat and a decade later, the renamed Ochsner Baptist Hospital.
    Patients and staff of the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans are evacuated by boat and a decade later, the renamed Ochsner Baptist Hospital.
  • Harry and Silvia Pulizzano walking across debris from Hurricane Katrina in search of Silvia’s brother’s home in Waveland, Mississippi. and the same site a decade later.
    Harry and Silvia Pulizzano walking across debris from Hurricane Katrina in search of Silvia’s brother’s home in Waveland, Mississippi. and the same site a decade later.
  • Central New Orleans and the Superdome.
    Central New Orleans and the Superdome.
  • The steeple from the Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and the restored church a decade later.
    The steeple from the Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and the restored church a decade later.
  • A damaged railway line in Mississippi and the same site a decade later which is undergoing repairs to drainage pipes underneath the track.
    A damaged railway line in Mississippi and the same site a decade later which is undergoing repairs to drainage pipes underneath the track.
  • People wade through floodwaters as they go in and out of the Circle Food Store in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and the grocery store a decade later.
    People wade through floodwaters as they go in and out of the Circle Food Store in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and the grocery store a decade later.
  • A man pushing his bicycle through flood waters near the Superdome in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina left much of the city under water, and a cyclist outside the renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome a decade later.
    A man pushing his bicycle through flood waters near the Superdome in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina left much of the city under water, and a cyclist outside the renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome a decade later.
  • Aerial photos show the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
    Aerial photos show the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
  • Valerie Thomas, left, and her nieces Shante Fletcher, 6, and Sarine Fletcher, 11, right, looking at the destruction of Valerie’s brother’s home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after returning to it for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.
    Valerie Thomas, left, and her nieces Shante Fletcher, 6, and Sarine Fletcher, 11, right, looking at the destruction of Valerie’s brother’s home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after returning to it for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.
  • Buses parked in a lot flooded by Hurricane Katrina in central New Orleans, and the same area a decade later.
    Buses parked in a lot flooded by Hurricane Katrina in central New Orleans, and the same area a decade later.