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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, November 26, 2005 -- Storm surge and heavy winds from Hurricane Katrina forced a barge to breech this levee in the Lower Ninth Ward. The levee breach caused widespread flooding of more than 10 feet forcing families from their homes. Barb Sturner/FEMA

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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA January 27, 2006 - Contractor Ian Burgess shows a New Orleans evacuee how to operate the propane tanks on his FEMA trailer at the newly-opened St Roch Trailer Park in the city's Ninth Ward. FEMA expect to fill the 92 trailers in the new park with evacuees from many Louisiana Parishes within a week. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA January 27, 2006 - Detra Lyons and her daughter Sterlneshia are shown the appliances in their new FEMA trailer by a Keta Group employee. FEMA just opened a 92-unit trailer park in New Orleans' Ninth Ward for persons unable to live in their pre-Katrina homes. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA January 27, 2006 - Evacuee James Jones checks out the bed in the FEMA trailer he expects to occupy for the next eighteen months. FEMA just opened a 92-unit trailer park on St Roch Ave in the Ninth Ward. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, February 19, 2008 -- The Holy Cross Tigers will roar again at a new location. Originally located in the Lower Ninth Ward, the Holy Cross School suffered extensive structural damage as a result of Hurricane Katrina. With FEMA funding, Holy Cross is rebuilding in Gentilly, a move that will better serve its students and the community. Manuel Broussard/FEMA

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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, July 8, 2008 -- The U.S. Army Corp of Engineer's repair work is complete on this flood wall at the industrial canal in the Lower Ninth Ward. The original levee wall was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA

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New Orleans, La., July 17, 2013 -- FEMA provided $1.3 million in funding to the city of New Orleans for the repairs of the Oliver Bush Playground, located in New Orleans' lower Ninth Ward, damaged as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Work included restoration of a softball field s, restoration of four tennis courts, replacement of the basketball pavilion, restoration of the site bathrooms, and replacement of site sidewalks. Gioan Nguyen/FEMA

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Manuel Broussard City/State: New Orleans, LA Keywords: hurricane katrina ^ Oliver Bush Playground Disaster More