Devastation in Lower Ninth Ward

ID: 1035
This file appears in: Lower Ninth Ward Levee Breaches in 2005

The force of water from the east side south breach of the Industrial Canal on August 29, 2005 was enough to toss homes and cars like toys. Photo/Roy Arrigo

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…