New Orleans, then and now

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, one photographer returns to see what has changed

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Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later.
Photographer Carlos Barria holds up a print of a photograph he took in 2005, matched to the same location 10 years on, in North Shore, northwest of New Orleans. The print shows Michael Rehage squatting on the roof of his car on Septemb
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) Reuters photographer Carlos Barria captured the city's initial turmoil. He returned to New Orleans to mark the 10-year anniversary of the hurricane, and to see what ha)

A general view of the Memorial Medical Center.
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Joshua Creek sat on the porch of his house after Hurricane Katrina struck.
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Errol Morning sat on his boat on a flooded street.
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Tyler Teal cleaned up his home in Lafitte, south of New Orleans.
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Errol Morning sat on his boat on a flooded street.
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Coffins removed from tombs sat in a graveyard.
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A woman carried her dog to a collection point for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Sarah Eberspacher
Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.