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The high cost of helping

On Sept. 10, 2005, nearly two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, many areas of New Orleans still looked like this. Credit: SMILEY POOL/The Dallas Morning News
On Sept. 10, 2005, as cleanup, recovery and relocation crews continued to assist survivors across the Gulf Coast, the estimated cost of those efforts was put at above $300 billion.