![[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, July 7, 2008 -- With the concrete repair on the right, one looks across an open field to the new housing being completed as residents return to the area flooded by the "breech" in the 17th St. Levee during Katrina and then Rita, three years ago. The breech lead to the flooding of Jefferson Parish, from Lake Pontchartrain. Barry Bahler/FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDcvMDcvaHVycmljYW5lLWthdHJpbmEtbmV3LW9ybGVhbnMtbGEtanVseS03LTIwMDgtd2l0aC10aGUtY29uY3JldGUtcmVwYWlyLW9uLXRoZS0wZmU2MGYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/212/jpg "[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, July 7, 2008 -- With the concrete repair on the right, one looks across an open field to the new housing being completed as residents return to the area flooded by the \"breech\" in the 17th St. Levee during Katrina and then Rita, three years ago. The breech lead to the flooding of Jefferson Parish, from Lake Pontchartrain. Barry Bahler/FEMA")
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[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, July 7, 2008 -- With the concrete repair on the right, one looks across an open field to the new housing being completed as residents return to the area flooded by the "breech" in the 17th St. Levee during Katrina and then Rita, three years ago. The breech lead to the flooding of Jefferson Parish, from Lake Pontchartrain. Barry Bahler/FEMA
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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07/07/2008
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The U.S. National Archives
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