Aftermath of levee failure in the Lower Ninth Ward during Katrina

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This file appears in: Lower Ninth Ward Levee Breaches in 2005

During the deluge, houses were removed from their foundations and cars were tossed like toys. This photograph is near the south east side breach of the Industrial Canal.

Laura Deakle, "Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank." Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, Object #186 (November 18, 2005, 1:52 pm)

This file appears in: Lower Ninth Ward Levee Breaches in 2005

By Levees.org
Pre-Katrina, the area immediately in front of the east breaches of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (a.k.a. the Industrial Canal) was a dense, thriving neighborhood of primarily African American…