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Slideshow: Katrina Then and Now

Children play basketball against the backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico at Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Miss., in 1997. A multicultural conference, retreat and training center, Gulfside provided a meeting place for African-American church leaders in the South. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
Children play basketball against the backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico at Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Miss., in 1997. A multicultural conference, retreat and training center, Gulfside provided a meeting place for African-American church leaders in the South. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Hurricane Katrina 10th anniversary slideshow


Photographer Mike DuBose takes a visual trip back in time to 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and compares the devastation then to the recovery that is still in progress.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands of United Methodists have volunteered or donated money for the cleanup. In this slideshow, photographer Mike DuBose pairs photos from immediately after the storm with images that show how far the recovery has come a decade later.


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