Насчёт "весь в руинах" - это преувеличение, но положение достаточно хреновое.
Reconstruction of New Orleans
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The Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 caused significant problems due to the breach of the flood protection system designed after 1965 to protect the city. Over 204,000 homes in New Orleans were damaged or destroyed, and more than 800,000 citizens displaced — the greatest displacement in the United States since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.[1] While the wind damage was not as severe as had been projected by meteorologists and most buildings survived intact, the failure of the levee system caused extensive flooding in New Orleans and surrounding parishes and resulted in extensive water damage to nearly 80% of all structures in Orleans Parish.
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