Hurricane Katrina before and after images

August 2005: Forstall Street at the intersection with N Johnson St in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features September 2005: Forstall Street at the intersection with N Johnson St in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features A view of New Orleans taken this month Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features September 2005: A view of New Orleans under water Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Cajun Seafood at the intersection of Washington and S Broad Street taken in August 2010 Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Cajun Seafood under water in September 2005 Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans this month Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Lower 9th Ward in September after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Claiborne Avenue, one of the major roads leading into downtown New Orleans, photographed this month Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features A view of the flooded Claiborne Avenue in September 2005 Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Circle food store in New Orleans photographed in August 2010 Photograph: Julie Dermansky for the Guardian Photograph: Julie Dermansky/Guardian A man swims by the Circle Food Store in August 2005 Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters