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20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’

The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.

© Annie Flanagan for The New York Times

Charity Hospital, which permanently closed after Hurricane Katrina, sits in the Central Business District of New Orleans.
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Hurricane Erin Is Heading Out to Sea. People Are Riveted Anyway.

The Category 2 hurricane isn’t expected to make landfall. Still, it’s drawing notice as the first named storm to reach hurricane strength this year.

© Daniel Pullen for The New York Times

Cameron Whitaker checks flooding in Hatteras, N.C., an effect of Hurricane Erin on Thursday.
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