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In this satellite image from NOAA, Hurricane Katrina is seen at 1:15 PM (EST) August 29, 2005 over the Gulf Coast. Katrina, then a Category 2 strom with 105 mph winds, made landfall close to Empire, Louisiana at about 6:00 AM (CDT).

Five years ago this Sunday, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast. Then the levees broke, storm surge swallowed New Orleans, and Hurricane Rita wiped out the city’s fledgling recovery. As we look back at images of terror and destruction, we also take stock of New Orleans today. What segment of the population has returned? Is there adequate housing and social services? Can people find jobs? And, is this the story of a storm, or of the dire effects of poverty in America?

Guests:

Allison Plyer, deputy director of the Great New Orleans Community Data Center, recently published a report with the Brookings Institution looking at New Orleans five years after Katrina

Bruce Nolan, a staff writer with the Times-Picayune