Louisiana Residents Mark 19 Years Since Deadly Hurricane Katrina

HAVE SEASONAL ALLERGIES, NAVAGE CAN HELP NAVAGE BRAND NEW LOOK. SAME GREAT PRODUCT. WE'RE BACK HERE ON WEATHER COMMAND, AND TODAY MARKS 19 YEARS SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA MADE ITS HISTORIC LANDFALL IN THE U.S. SEVERAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS BEING HELD THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST DURING THAT DEADLY STORM. SAINT BERNARD PARISH IS HOSTING THEIR 19TH ANNUAL HURRICANE KATRINA REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY FROM THE KATRINA MEMORIAL MONUMENT IN SHELL BEACH. THEY'RE GOING TO NAME, EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE GOING TO READ NAMES OF EACH PERSON WHO DIED FROM THE STORM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT BY A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY, BY SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS. AND WE WANT TO BRING IN OLIVIA VIDAL WITH FOX EIGHT NEW ORLEANS. SHE'S LIVE FROM THE CEREMONY IN SAINT BERNARD. OLIVIA, IT'S A TOUGH DAY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THERE IN NEW ORLEANS. OF COURSE, THINKING BACK 19 YEARS AGO TODAY WHEN THAT LANDFALL OCCURRED. 19 YEARS. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S A PRETTY SURREAL. A LOT OF FOLKS REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. IT BRINGS UP A LOT OF MEMORIES. COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER AND SHARE THEIR STORIES OF WHERE THEY WERE AT THAT TIME. 19 YEARS AGO. BUT I'M HERE, LIVE IN SHELL BEACH IN LOWER SAINT BERNARD PARISH, HERE IN LOUISIANA, IN FRONT OF THE KATRINA MEMORIAL ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE BORGNE. HERE IT LISTS THE 165 NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN SAINT BERNARD PARISH DURING HURRICANE KATRINA. IT'S LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN SHELL BEACH, AGAIN ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE BORGNE. AND EACH YEAR, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA, A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY IS HELD AT THIS MEMORIAL SITE. AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. ON THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STORM, SAINT BERNARD PARISH PRESIDENT I SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER THIS MORNING. HIS NAME IS LOUIS POMÉS. HE SAYS BUSINESSES AND HOMES WERE DESTROYED. PEOPLE MOVED AWAY. BUT 19 YEARS LATER, HE SAYS HE'S HAPPY TO SEE THE PARISH BOUNCE BACK AND GROW THE SILVER LINING IN ALL OF THIS, 19 YEARS LATER AND NOW HURRICANE KATRINA DEVASTATED THE AREAS BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI. BUT DURING AND AFTER THE STORM PASSED, IT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE FEDERAL FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM THAT FLOODED LOCAL COMMUNITIES, TAKING MANY LIVES, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SAINT BERNARD PARISH. AS YOU SEE ON THIS GRANITE MEMORIAL, WITH THE 165 NAMES AND THOSE WHO ATTEND EACH YEAR. WHEN I SPEAK WITH THEM, THEY SAY, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE SURVIVORS AS WELL. AND ABOUT AN ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR HERE, A MEMORIAL CEREMONY WILL BE TAKING PLACE WHERE A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WILL TOSS A WREATH INTO LAKE BORGNE TO SIGNIFY THAT REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO PASSED. BUT THAT'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN SAINT BERNARD PARISH, 19 YEARS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. BACK TO YOU. AND WHEN WE CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENED, SO MANY RESIDENTS IN NEW ORLEANS DISPLACED AND MOVING TO DIFFERENT STATES, TEXAS EAST INTO FLORIDA, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALONG THE