A typical street in the drained neighborhood of Lakeview, near where the 17th Street Canal ruptured during Hurricane Katrina.
In St. Bernard Parish’s Arabi neighborhood Raymond Buasso, Jr., left, consoles his father, Raymond Buasso, Sr. All six Buasso children and their mother lost their homes in St. Bernard Parish.
John Thibodaux, 42, of Kenner, Louisiana, had a low-cost funeral home business in New Orleans's Gentilly Terrace neighborhood. His family moved out, and he stayed behind to watch the property.
At Bistro at the Maison de Ville, a French Quarter restaurant, cleaners remove tainted wine and other spirits.
At The Plaza, a mall in New Orleans East neighborhood, interiors show a dark, muddy mall after the waters receded.
Kathy Mullet, 34 weeps at the reality of so many homes lost in St. Bernard Parish.
Ray Bianchani leaves his destroyed home after removing his weapons from a locked safe in St. Bernard Parish.
William Stoudt, 17, uses a riding lawnmower to clear an overgrown back yard of weeds Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in his Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans.
