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New Orleans, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina

A decade ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and proved to be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. See how the region has changed in the decade since.

Compare photos of devastated regions of Louisiana, then and now

A decade ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and proved to be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Rising floodwaters destroyed neighbourhoods and forced more than a million people from their homes in the Gulf Coast region. Drag the slider left and right to compare photos from 2005 and 2015.