PHOTOS: Hurricane Katrina's 10th anniversary

Friday, August 21, 2015
New Orleans residents walk through floodwaters that besiege the Crescent City on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.
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PHOTOS: Hurricane Katrina's 10th anniversary New Orleans residents walk through floodwaters that besiege the Crescent City on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.
AP Photo/Bill Haber

The powerful hurricane hit Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005, causing significant damage to the Gulf Coast from Texas to central Florida and forcing a storm surge that breached a system of levees built to protect New Orleans.

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