Twenty-one years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, residents of the Lower 9th Ward say the neighborhood has ...

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On the morning of August 29, a brass band fell silent at North Galvez Street and Jourdan Avenue in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward — the precise site where a levee broke in the early hours of August 30, ...

The Lower Ninth Ward currently holds about one-third of its pre-Katrina population. Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and ...

The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans, Louisiana—The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans can’t get a break. This ...

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New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward marked 21 years since the Army Corps levee failure destroyed the neighborhood, while residents ...

NEW ORLEANS — Twenty-one years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, residents of the Lower 9th Ward say the neighborhood has made progress, but significant challenges remain. Hurricane ...