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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.
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