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Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans 20 years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005

The devastating storm overwhelmed the city and surrounding areas, killing nearly 1,400 people

Netflix's docuseries Katrina: Come Hell and High Water returns to the scene to reflect on the harrowing moment 20 years later

Hurricane Katrina made historic landfall on Aug. 29, 2005.

The Category 5 storm struck the Gulf Coast, overtaking New Orleans’ insufficient levees and floodwalls, leaving residents submerged in water for weeks.

Netflix’s new docuseries Katrina: Come Hell and High Water , out Aug. 27, marks the 20th anniversary of the disaster, spotlighting survivors’ stories of the storm, the devastation that followed and the systemic failures that left so many behind.

"This is the story of a brutal c

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