• Resident Tyler Teal moves a metal sheet in the garden of his home on September 14, 2005.
    Resident Tyler Teal moves a metal sheet in the garden of his home on September 14, 2005.
  • Errol Morning sits in a boat on a flooded street on September 5, 2005.
    Errol Morning sits in a boat on a flooded street on September 5, 2005.
  • A general view of the Memorial Medical Center on September 13, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina struck.
    A general view of the Memorial Medical Center on September 13, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina struck.
  • Errol Morning sits on his boat on a flooded street on September 5, 2005. Storm waters overwhelmed levees and broke through floodwalls.
    Errol Morning sits on his boat on a flooded street on September 5, 2005. Storm waters overwhelmed levees and broke through floodwalls.
  • Michael Rehage squats on the roof of his car on September 12, 2005.
    Michael Rehage squats on the roof of his car on September 12, 2005.
  • Floodwaters managed to move coffins from tombs in a graveyard, pictured September 10, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina struck. Katrina killed more than 1,500 people.
    Floodwaters managed to move coffins from tombs in a graveyard, pictured September 10, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina struck. Katrina killed more than 1,500 people.
  • Joshua Creek sits on the porch of his house on September 13, 2005.
    Joshua Creek sits on the porch of his house on September 13, 2005.
  • A woman arrives with her dog at a collection point for victims of Hurricane Katrina, September 8, 2005.
    A woman arrives with her dog at a collection point for victims of Hurricane Katrina, September 8, 2005.

World

Hurricane Katrina 10 years on: revisiting scenes of destruction - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

August 26, 2015

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Carlos Barria, a Reuters photographer, revisited the same locations he documented in 2005 using Hurricane Katrina photos he took at the time. Mr Barria overlaid those prints with the same locations to contrast the inundated New Orleans then with the city 10 years after the disaster.

Photography