The Lower Ninth Ward, hit hard by Katrina, struggles to rebuild. August 26, 2010 — -- Michael Knight lived those harrowing images so many others remember from Hurricane Katrina: the waters ...

After Katrina, only about 37 percent of households returned to this once-vibrant neighborhood, ... The Lower Ninth Ward is cut off from the rest of New Orleans by a shipping channel, ...

This is the second story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On the first night of Essence ...

Post-Katrina, 1,061 households were reported in the Lower Ninth Ward. Before Katrina, there were 4,800. Ninety-eight percent were African American, and 56 percent were homeowners with no mortgages.

A flawed shipping project involving excavations at the Industrial Canal allowed Hurricane Katrina's surge to breach the floodwall in two places, causing massive flooding in the Lower 9th Ward and ...

The Lower Ninth Ward celebrated its resiliency in rebuilding since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. There were Food trucks, community organizations and businesses that took part.

Lower Ninth Ward, still scarred from Hurricane Katrina, braces for Isaac By Byron Pitts August 28, 2012 / 8:24 AM EDT / CBS News ...

Still, Plyer said the Lower 9th Ward is among a number of low-income communities that have had difficulty rebuilding since Katrina's flooding. In the Lower 9th Ward, the fire station for Engine 39 ...

Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans -- and what hasn't -- since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area five years ago. Full Episode Saturday, Jul 5 ...

Teacher Diana Boylston evacuated to Houston during Hurricane Katrina not knowing if she'd ever see her students from the 9th Ward again. A 9th Ward native, Diana Boylston was working in public ...

Rolling on a tour bus through the silent, ghost-town neighborhoods of the Lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly and Eastern New Orleans, a visitor could be forgiven for thinking that the city's traditional ...

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of StoryCorps, we revisit a mother's conversation with her son, who decided to open the only grocery store in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina.