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Hurricane Katrina Displaced a Generation — and Led to a Renaissance in Houston

ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, JUL 24 – Houston's population grew 9% by 2006 as over 250,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees resettled there, supported by city officials to rebuild their lives quickly, officials said.

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HOUSTON — On a recent Sunday afternoon, tears welled in Sharon Becnel’s eyes as she heard her now 34-year-old daughter reminisce about the scrapbook she lost to Hurricane Katrina.  Inside the pages were Ronisha Johnson’s childhood dreams of becoming an actress and winning a big case as a lawyer. She had only packed for a weekend, not thinking she would need to take her beloved childhood memories. “I didn’t realize whatever that last time was I w…

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Capital B broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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