This Saturday, Aug. 29, will be four years to the day that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The Category 5 hurricane, which struck areas from the Bahamas to Texas, caused over 1,800 deaths and led to about $90 billion in damage, and is one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history.
Thousands of people were displaced and had to relocate to other states including New Jersey. A 2006 Jersey City Reporter article chronicled the individuals in Jersey City who were impacted by the hurricane.