Hurricane Katrina: 5 Years Later

Aug. 23, 2010: (Top) Cars travel over a bridge crossing the Industrial Canal to the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

Aug. 29, 2005: (Bottom) Two men paddle in high water by the bridge crossing the Industrial Canal to the Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area.

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Aug. 23, 2010: (Top) Robert Fontaine looks on at the scene where he fled a burning house fire in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Fontaine said he stayed in the house to take care of dogs who were left behind. He was using candles due to a lack of electricity when one of the dogs knocked over a candle, causing the fire. Fontaine said, "My whole life, my whole world crashed. For everyone, not just for me."

Sept. 6, 2005: (Bottom) Robert Fontaine walks past his burning house fire in the 7th ward in New Orleans.

Aug. 21, 2010: (Top) The New Orleans Saints look on during a preseason game against the Houston Texans at the Superdome in New Orleans.

Sept. 2, 2005: (Bottom) Stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina rest inside the Superdome, which became a makeshift shelter for hurricane victims in New Orleans.

Feb. 23, 2006: (Bottom) A sign asking for information about unidentified coffins stands at a cemetery in Buras, La. The cemetery was flooded during Hurricane Katrina, causing a number of coffins to float away from their crypts.

Aug. 19, 2010: (Top) The same sign still stands at the Buras, La. above-ground cemetery.

Aug. 20, 2010: (Top) Young residents play football near their home in a new development built by Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Since 2007, the Make it Right Foundation has been constructing homes for families who lost theirs in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

Feb. 24, 2006: (Bottom) A group of Amish student volunteers tour the devastated Ninth Ward.

Aug. 19, 2010: (Top) The cemetery outside Saint Patrick's Church in Plaquemines Parish is seen in Port Sulphur, La.

Sept. 11, 2005 (Bottom) Water floods an above-ground cemetery outside Saint Patrick's Church in Plaquemines Parish in Port Sulphur, La.

Aug. 19, 2010: (Top) A statue of the Virgin Mary stands in a cemetery in Buras, La.

Feb. 23, 2005: (Bottom) The same statue of the Virgin Mary stands in front of an opened crypt in a cemetery in Buras, La. The cemetery was flooded during Hurricane Katrina, causing a number of coffins to float away from their crypts.

Aug. 18, 2010: (Left) Willi Lee, 84, sits inside his home that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and which he wants to rebuild in Pearlington, Miss. Lee says he has received the funds to rebuild but cannot find a trustworthy builder.

May 25, 2006: (Right) Willi Lee, 79, stands inside his home that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and which he wants to rebuild in Pearlington, Miss. Lee said he attempted to ride out the storm in the house but eventually was washed outside by the flooding, where he was able to cling to a tree limb for hours until the floodwater subsided.

Aug. 20, 2010: (Top) The reconstructed levee wall is seen in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

April 25, 2006: (Bottom) Workers rebuild the levee, which was breached by Hurricane Katrina along the Industrial Canal in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

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This aerial photo shows high water covering entire neighborhoods in New Orleans Sept. 5, 2005, a week after Hurricane Katrina hit the area.

Newly constructed homes by the Make it Right Foundation are seen in the Lower Ninth Ward Aug. 24, 2010, in New Orleans. August 29 marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Residents wait to be evacuated from the Superdome Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in New Orleans.

The Superdome is seen downtown in an aerial view on Aug. 24, 2010, in New Orleans.

Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover a portion of New Orleans, La., on Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Katrina passed through the city.

New construction is seen in this aerial view of downtown New Orleans on Aug. 24, 2010.

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