New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (R) and a community representative lay a wreath at a Hurricane Katrina wreath-laying ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, on Aug. 29, 2025. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, the southern U.S. city has launched a series of events as an anniversary commemoration.

Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, is one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history. New Orleans, the Mississippi River city near the Gulf of Mexico, is where the storm hit hardest. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)

This photo taken on Aug. 29, 2025 shows a scene at a Hurricane Katrina wreath-laying ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, the southern U.S. city has launched a series of events as an anniversary commemoration.

Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, is one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history. New Orleans, the Mississippi River city near the Gulf of Mexico, is where the storm hit hardest. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)

A man performs in commemoration of the victims at a Hurricane Katrina wreath-laying ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, on Aug. 29, 2025. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, the southern U.S. city has launched a series of events as an anniversary commemoration.

Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, is one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history. New Orleans, the Mississippi River city near the Gulf of Mexico, is where the storm hit hardest. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)