Since Hurricane Katrina, one nonprofit has made it it's mission to help the Lower Ninth Ward and build it back better than ...

Trouble the Water’ follows a married couple from the Lower Ninth Ward as they try to piece their lives back together ...

An enormous mural has appeared on the Industrial Canal floodwall along Jourdan Avenue, near North Galvez Street in the Lower ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Hurricane Katrina memorial on the Claiborne Avenue neutral ground was the first thing visitors saw when ...

Eternal Seeds, a youth art program in New Orleans, unveiled a mural along the levee breach site, commemorating the 20th ...

Gina Phillips, a mixed media artist from the Lower Ninth Ward, transformed her life and art after losing everything in ...

The Lower Ninth Ward celebrated its resiliency in rebuilding since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. There were Food trucks, community organizations and businesses that took part.

Some homes in the Lower Ninth Ward still bare the marks of recovery teams in 2005. There are scars - and signs of improvements, including the $14.6 billion upgrade to the city's levee system.

A man looks over the site of his home, destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, as a relative cuts weeds in the compound, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Lousiana August 18, 2007.

The Ninth Ward community is pushing for neighbors to grow their own food since there is no grocery store in the area. Updated: 10:32 PM CDT Aug 24, 2013 Lower Ninth Ward strives to grow strong ...

Ward “Mack” McClendon noted that the hurricane itself caused the neighborhood only wind damage. But “when the levees broke after Katrina had passed, that’s what created all of our problems.” ...

In the Lower Ninth Ward, the fire station for Engine 39 hasn’t been rebuilt. Instead, the firefighters use a trailer. Schools and churches are boarded up.