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Two Weeks Post-Katrina

Photo: Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina
Blocked roads foiled evacuation and rescue efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana, adding to the mayhem following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The flooded city lost more than 1,800 people in the storm and suffered more than $81 billion in damages.
Photograph by Michael Lewis

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