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| People congregate on a damaged highway after hurricane Katrina
struck in New Orleans, Louisiana August 31, 2005. Hurricane Katrina
strengthened into a rare top-ranked storm and barrelled into the
vulnerable U.S. Gulf Coast for a second and more deadly assault on the
Gulf Coast. |
A man waits in line with a gas can 31
August 2005 in Saucier, Mississippi, 20 miles north of Gulfport. More
than 125 people have been killed in Mississippi as Hurricane Katrina
ravaged the state this week, a local newspaper reported, citing local
officials. |
Saucier, Mississippi, residents line up to
get gas 31 August, 2005, which is limited to five gallons per person.
The gas is being hand-pumped as electricity is cutoff after the passing
of Hurricane Katrina. Saucier is 20 miles (32kms) north of Gulfport. |
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| Two men paddle in high water after
Hurricane Katrina devastated the area August 31, 2005 in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Devastation is widespread throughout the city with water
approximately 12 feet high in some areas. Hundreds are feared dead and
thousands were left homeless in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida by the storm. |
Calvin Joseph Jenkins, who says he has a
broken foot, lays in a roadway as he waits for assistance after being
rescued from his home in high water after Hurricane Katrina August 31,
2005 in New Orleans. Jenkins and others in the area say they were
rescued from their homes yesterday but were then abandoned on the
roadway with no food, water, or health care. |
The remains of a front porch of a beach
house is shown after being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina 31 August
2005, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Flood victims battered by Hurricane
Katrina faced a silent but equally deadly enemy in toxin- and
bacteria-laden waters carrying the threat of contamination and disease. |
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| A woman walks past an over turned truck and
sailboat washed up against hotel of US 90 by Hurricane Katrina 31 August
2005, in Gulfport, Mississippi. |
Elsa Gonzalez weeps as she makes a donation
for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, while the hand of American Red
Cross Volunteer Todd Martin comforts her, at a daylong disaster relief
collection event held by The American Red Cross, The Los Angeles
Dodgers, |
A statue of the Virgin Mary sits on the
porch of home destroyed by hurricane Katrina 31 August 2005, in
Gulfport, Mississippi. US President George W. Bush flew over New Orleans
and other hurricane-damaged US cities in Air Force One on Wednesday and
described the situation as "devastating," the White House said. |
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| A run-away oil drilling platform called
Ocean Warwick is washed ashore on the Dauphin Island shores in Alabama
31 August 2005. High winds and waves from Hurricane Katrina broke the
rig from its moorings and pushed it ashore. The United States prepared
Wednesday to open its emergency oil reserves for the first time in a
year to replenish Gulf Coast refinery operations devastated by Hurricane
Katrina. |
The Interstate-90 bridge over St. Louis Bay
in Pass Christian, Mississippi, 30 August 2005 is folded and destroyed
from the high wind and waves of Hurricane Katrina. Hundreds of people
may have been killed by Hurricane Katrina along Mississippi's Gulf
coast, said Vincent Creel, a spokesman for the devastated city of
Biloxi, Mississippi. "You're going to be looking at hundreds dead along
the coast of Mississippi," Creel said |
Al Duvernay lowers Rusty the dog into
his boat while rescuing people stranded by the Hurricane Katrina's
floodwaters August 30, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Devastation is
widespread throughout the city with water 12 feet high in some areas.
Hundreds are feared dead and thousands were left homeless in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Florida by the storm. Looting has been reported
in New Orleans, mostly empty due to the storm. |
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| A home with only its second story visible
sits destroyed by Hurricane Katrina August 30, 2005 in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Devastation is widespread throughout the city with water 12
feet high in some areas. Hundreds are feared dead and thousands were
left homeless in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida by the
storm. Looting has been reported in New Orleans, mostly empty due to the
storm |
Residents search for survivors by boat in
the neighborhoods surrounding Lake Pontchatrain a day after Hurricane
Katrina blew through August 30, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Devastation is widespread throughout the city with water 12 feet high in
some areas. Hundreds are feared dead and thousands were left homeless in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida by the storm. Looting has
been reported in New Orleans, mostly empty due to the storm. |
Vehicles try to head North on a blocked
I-59 August 30, 2005 outside Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Approximately 100
people are feared dead and estimates put the property loss at nearly $30
billion as Hurricane Katrina could become the costliest storm in US
history. |
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| A section of Interstae 10 west bound
remains flooded 30 August 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana, following
Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane-battered New Orleans was consumed by a
catastrophe of unimagined scale Tuesday, cut off from the outside world,
submerged by rising floodwaters and troubled by signs of fraying public
order. |
Recue personnel help a woman out of a boat
after she was rescued from flood waters in New Orleans, Louisiana 30
August, 2005 . Flood waters continued to rise in New Orleans after
Hurricane Katrina broke two levees separating the city from Lake
Pontchartrain. The city is below sea level. |
A small child is rescued from heavy flood
waters 30 August 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricane
Katrina. Hurricane-battered New Orleans was consumed by a catastrophe of
unimagined scale Tuesday, cut off from the outside world, submerged by
rising floodwaters and troubled by signs of fraying public order |
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