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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANAÌý–ÌýAUGUST 13:Ìý(INTERVIEW)ÌýHurricane Katrina survivorÌýand resident of the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood Robert Green recounts planning to evacuate with her family, including young grandchildren and her ailing mother with Parkinson’s, but heavy traffic jeopardized her mother’s health, and explains how upon returning to the city they found the Superdome inaccessible during an interview onÌýAugust 13, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.ÌýGreen lost his mother Joyce and granddaughter Shanai in the devastating flooding, which lifted his family home from its foundation and into the floodwaters in the Lower Ninth Ward. New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region are preparing to mark the 20 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which occurred on August 29, 2005. The historic predominantly Black community of the Lower Ninth Ward held thousands of families and had a high rate of multi-generational homeownership. Multiple levee breaches inundated the entire Lower Ninth Ward during the storm, killing many and damaging or destroying thousands of homes. Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today’s dollars.Ìý(Footage by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)