Photos: New Orleanians pick themselves back up after Hurricane Zeta

Lakeview neighbors of Bruce Baudier, sitting on porch, help remove a tree from in front of his home on Louis XIV street in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through the city Wednesday night. Baudier said Lakeview really came together to help me out. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Photos: New Orleanians pick themselves back up after Hurricane Zeta

Hurricane Zeta struck through New Orleans on Wednesday night. New Orleanians were out on Thursday helping each other get things back to normal.

by Matthew Hinton | October 29, 2020

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Hurricane Zeta struck through New Orleans on Wednesday night. New Orleanians were out on Thursday helping each other get things back to normal.

A massive tree was uprooted and fell across Zimpel Street near Lowerline Street in the Carrollton neighborhood seen here in the morning Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Chloe Groth, left, and her sons Ellis, 4, and John Henry, 5, right, rake up leaves and tree limbs in the Carrollton neighborhood in the morning Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A power pole and electrical equipment have fallen on a car Oak Street near Dublin Street in the Carrollton neighborhood making the street inaccessible after the passage of Hurricane Zeta in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A billboard has blown away as seen from Broad St. in New Orleans on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Tree limbs are cleared in front of the Camellia Grill in the Carrollton neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Drivers are advised to stay off the road as hanging power and utility lines are difficult to see like this one seen in the Carrollton neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Neighbors chat by a downed tree in the Carrollton neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

in New Orleans, La. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Lakeview neighbors of Bruce Baudier help remove a tree from in front of his home on Louis XIV street in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through the city Wednesday night. Baudier said “Lakeview really came together to help me out.” Photo by Matthew Hinton

Lakeview neighbors of Bruce Baudier, gray shirt, help remove a tree from in front of his home on Louis XIV street in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through the city Wednesday night. Baudier said Lakeview really came together to help me out. Photo by Matthew Hinton

People check out a large tree that snapped along Bayou St. John in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through the city Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A resident of Louisville Street in Lakeview hides while playing hide-and-go-seek behind an uprooted tree that fell on a BMW SUV in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through the city Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A tree was uprooted and the trunk snapped in half will the top of the tree stayed intact before falling on a house as seen here in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Hurricane Zeta passed through the city Wednesday night. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.