Hurricane Katrina
Maps[edit]
Track of center of storm
Gale force winds (yellow) and Hurricane force winds (red)
Wind speeds at South East Louisiana landfall in miles per hour, 29 August 2005
From space[edit]
Tropical Storm Katrina over the Bahamas and east of Florida, 24 August 2005
Hurricane Katrina at South East Florida, 26 August 2005
In Gulf of Mexico 28 August 12:03:14
Landfall along central U.S. Gulf Coast, 28 August 21:45
Eye ashore at Louisiana and Mississippi. 29 August
Impact[edit]
Aftermath in Florida[edit]
Davie, Florida
House collapsed by falling trees, Dania Beach
Navarre Beach
Aftermath in Alabama[edit]
Flooding in Mobile
Smashed house, Dauphine Island
Grounded ships and boats
National Guard with emergency water supplies
Aftermath in Louisiana[edit]
Chandeleur Islands before and after
Flooding around Lake Pontchartrain
Wind damage in Washington Parish
Aftermath in New Orleans[edit]
Residents on roof of flooded house
Working to repair failed levee along 17th Street Canal
Escaping through flood waters, Central Business District
Smashed church, Upper 9th Ward
House with missing wall, Lower Garden District
Cat on a Cold Tin Car, Algiers
House and car, 7th Ward
House, Lakeview
Lady Liberty with flood lines, Central City
Soldiers on Canal Street
Cleanup begins: Trashed appliances arranged as folk art, Carrollton
Gentilly[edit]
Humanity
2 months after the disaster
Doorway with flood lines
Living room
Flooded house, broken sidewalk
Clearing flood damaged possessions from house
Memories on the curb to be hauled away
Modified street sign a year after the disaster
Uptown[edit]
Wind damage at Magazine & Jackson
Collapsed house
Locals line up at Red Cross relief station
Lower 9th Ward[edit]
Residential street before a path was bulldozed clear
Field of ruins
Smashed houses, cars, trees
House atop truck, Lower 9th Ward
House
House window
Barge that landed in residential neighborhood
Possessions in flood silt
Damaged homes
Living room
Missing wall, intact closet
Refrigerator on roof of smashed house
Toys in debris
"All We Have Left is Our Life & Our Dignity"
Common Ground volunteer relief station
Memorial wreath 15 months after the storm
Aftermath in Plaquemines[edit]
Truck on tree, flooded house, Empire, Louisiana
Smashed buildings, fallen water tower, Buras, Louisiana
Helicopter view of devastated residential neighborhood, Port Sulphur
Smashed house, Home Place
Aftermath in St. Bernard[edit]
Interior of flood damaged home, St. Bernard
Ruins of a house, Yscloskey area
Smashed houses along the Bayou
Survivors live in tent on ruined foundation where their house was, 7 months after storm. Near Reggio.
Arabi, Louisiana[edit]
House in street
Flood debris on roof
Car on fence
Empty house tagged for involuntary demolition 15 months after the storm
Chalmette[edit]
Cars
Remains of interior of home
Interior of restaurant
Collapsed houses
Residential neighborhood street blocked by ship
Fast food restaurant
House over pickup
Knights of Nemesis Parade rolls through ruins for Mardi Gras 2006
Meraux[edit]
Flood tossed cars and silt
Fence car
Damaged school sign in flood silt
Jefferson Parish[edit]
Possessions on steps where house used to be, Bucktown
Flooding, Metairie
Wall-less house, Gretna
Gas station, Terrytown
Makeshift refugee/evacuation center at first unflooded Interstate Highway interchange
President Bush meets Mayor Nagin at Airport, Kenner
Tarping damaged roof, Terrytown
2005 Christmas Tiny Town display at Metairie shopping mall satirizes post-Katrina conditions
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana[edit]
Water in the house, Slidell
Damaged neighborhood, Slidell
Damaged house, Madisonville
Smashed restaurant, Mandeville
Aftermath in Mississippi[edit]
Highway 90 bridge out
Destroyed condominiums, Pascagoula
Little remains of home in Pass Christian
Devastation in Gulfport
Biloxi[edit]
Neighborhood in ruins
Helicopter view with Grand Casino barge swept inland
Smashed business building
Search and rescue team examine damaged house
Search & rescue team marks building
Locals get donations
Salvaging a few items from damaged house
Message on fence: You Loot I Shoot
