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This is the first view of New Orleans East. Flood map estimates showed most of the area…

Single-story brick house with a severely buckled and collapsed garage door, bare trees in the background, and spray-painted search-and-rescue markings near the front entrance.

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Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

This is the first view of New Orleans East. Flood map estimates showed most of the area was covered with eight to twelve-plus feet of water. Most garage doors like this were destroyed. There was much more wind damage in this part of town.

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“This is the first view of New Orleans East. Flood map estimates showed most of the area…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3635.