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NOLA declares holiday for Hurricane Katrina anniversary

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans city council declared on Thursday, June 12 that Aug. 29, the date Hurricane Katrina made landfall, will be a holiday for city workers for this year. It marks the 20th anniversary of Katrina.

Katrina caused over a thousand deaths and billions of dollars in damages to both Louisiana and Mississippi.

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