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Saturday marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina roared ashore near the Louisiana/Mississippi border killing more than 1,800 people. The city known for…
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A decade after the storm that damaged his presidency, Bush visited one of the schools that was nearly wiped out.
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NPR first visited Schnell Drive in St. Bernard Parish 10 years ago to speak with the Bordelon family as they rebuilt their home after Katrina's destruction. Unlike many, they're still there today.
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The natural disaster of Katrina and the man-made tragedy that followed catapulted local figures and obscure federal officials into the spotlight.
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It's been 10 years since the storm devastated the Gulf Coast and killed more than 1,800 people.
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Thousands of residents, especially children, were traumatized by the storm and the displacement and struggle that followed.
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More than 70 percent of New Orleans residents say some progress has been made in the availability of medical services since the storm. Still, most say care for the poor continues to lag.
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Media coverage after the storm focused on New Orleans, but the damage was just as bad, and sometimes worse, in Mississippi. Ten years on, slow recovery in places like East Biloxi has left many behind.
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In the decade since Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of New Orleans residents fled the city and never returned. This week New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu went on the road to call his people home.
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New Orleans felt the eye of the hurricane, but Katrina also left 238 people dead in Mississippi, and destroyed 230,000 homes there.