New Orleans (AFP) Aug 29, 2021
Chester Lastie clearly recalls Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his neighborhood in eastern New Orleans, 16 years ago to the day. The memories are made all the more vivid by the gusts of wind from Hurricane Ida currently battering his white house. "We were sitting in the yard about 11:00 when the levees broke" on August 29, 2005, he tells AFP. He quickly jumped in his truck and headed for
In New Orleans, Ida brings trauma of Katrina flooding back
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