FRONTLINE

KATRINA TEN YEARS AFTER

A SECOND LIFE A SECOND CHANCE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 @ 7:00PM

Ten years ago this Saturday, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast.

What happened next was more than just a natural disaster — especially in New Orleans, where the failure of the city’s levees unleashed flooding that left roughly 80 percent of the city underwater. In all, more than 1,500 died either during the storm or in the famously bungled aftermath — which saw local, state, and federal officials uncoordinated and overwhelmed. More than 1 million more in the Gulf region were displaced.

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