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NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 29: A sign for New Orleans is seen on the lakefront as New Orleans prepares for flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Today marks 12 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall which killed at least 1836 people. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 29:  A sign for New Orleans is seen on the lakefront as New Orleans prepares for flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Today marks 12 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall which killed at least 1836 people.  (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)