Sunday marked the 5-year anniversary since hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf coast, causing massive flooding that devastated the city of New Orleans and killed 1,800 people. Although the storm was hundreds of miles from Louisville, it has had an effect on those who live here.

Five years ago Mary Ann Naser-Hall and her husband took their daughter, Emily, to New Orleans to begin her freshman year at Tulane University. Little did they know how their lives and the city would soon change.