The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina

HURRICANE KATRINA -- August 25, 2010 at 5:44 PM EDT

The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser returned to New Orleans on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Her reports will appear on air and online in the coming week. In this first dispatch, an audio slide show from the city's Ninth Ward, she looks at what has changed -- and what hasn't -- since flooding from the storm devastated the area five years ago.

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