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How Hurricane Katrina evacuees found home in Houston

WBUR

Published September 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM CDT

More than 100,000 evacuees of Hurricane Katrina came to Houston, Texas.

Houston Public Media’s Dominic Anthony Walsh met three of them, including two men in a barbershop.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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