Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States.

Nearly 2,000 people died from the hurricane and the resulting floods in August, 2005, and over $81 billion was lost in damages. Criticism of the federal, state and local governments' reaction to the storm was widespread and resulted in an investigation by the United States Congress and the resignation of FEMA director Michael Brown.

And as the hurricane-striken area still grapples to recover from the devastation, our nation's eyes have been opened to the poverty present in the United States, as the hurricane revealed thousands of children, in particular, living below the poverty line in New Orleans.

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