New Orleans Marks 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned and Lingering Scars
New Orleans Marks 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned and Lingering Scars Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, New Orleans reflects on the catastrophic event and the enduring lessons it offered. On August 29, 2005, the Category 3 storm made landfall, causing widespread flooding and claiming nearly 1,400 lives, primarily due to the failure of the city’s levee system. Today, sites like a preserved flooded home in Gentilly, maintained by Levees.org, serve as poignant reminders of…