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Listening Back To The News Coverage Of Hurricane Katrina

Published August 25, 2015 at 1:40 PM EDT
New homes are mixed with old homes and vacant lots in the Lower Ninth Ward next to ships passing on the Industrial Canal on August 24, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The area was one of the most heavily devastated areas of the city following a levee breach on the Industrial Canal during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
New homes are mixed with old homes and vacant lots in the Lower Ninth Ward next to ships passing on the Industrial Canal on August 24, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The area was one of the most heavily devastated areas of the city following a levee breach on the Industrial Canal during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

As we mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast and killed more than 1,800 people in August of 2005, Here & Now listens back to some of the memorable moments from the storm and the news coverage.

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