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PBS News Hour

Katrina victims reflect on how the storm changed their lives

Season 2025 Episode 241 | 4m 42s

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which decimated New Orleans and communities along the Gulf Coast, leading to one of the largest and most sudden relocations of people in U.S. history. Some 1.2 million Louisianans were displaced for months or even years. We spoke with a few of the thousands of Katrina survivors who relocated permanently.

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