New Orleans Six Flags that closed in wake of Hurricane Katrina is finally being demolished

Six Flags New Orleans Demolition has started nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina hit the US - (AP)

New Orleans' former Six Flags theme park, which shuttered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is finally coming down.

Demolition is underway at the eastern New Orleans site of the decaying complex of carnival rides and buildings that became a symbol of the 2005 storm's enduring devastation, The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate reported.