Hurricane Katrina

Main category: Hurricane Katrina

Maps

Main category: Hurricane Katrina maps

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  Track of center of storm
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  Gale force winds (yellow) and Hurricane force winds (red)
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  Wind speeds at South East Louisiana landfall in miles per hour, 29 August 2005

From space

Main category: Satellite pictures of Hurricane Katrina

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  Tropical Storm Katrina over the Bahamas and east of Florida, 24 August 2005
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  Hurricane Katrina at South East Florida, 26 August 2005
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  In Gulf of Mexico 28 August 12:03:14
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  Landfall along central U.S. Gulf Coast, 28 August 21:45
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  Eye ashore at Louisiana and Mississippi. 29 August

Impact

Main category: Impact of Hurricane Katrina

Aftermath in Florida

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Florida

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  Davie, Florida
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  House collapsed by falling trees, Dania Beach
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  Navarre Beach

Aftermath in Alabama

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Alabama

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  Flooding in Mobile
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  Smashed house, Dauphine Island
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  Grounded ships and boats
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  National Guard with emergency water supplies

Aftermath in Louisiana

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Louisiana

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  Chandeleur Islands before and after
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  Flooding around Lake Pontchartrain
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  Wind damage in Washington Parish

Aftermath in New Orleans

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in New Orleans

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  Residents on roof of flooded house
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  Working to repair failed levee along 17th Street Canal
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  Escaping through flood waters, Central Business District
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  Smashed church, Upper 9th Ward
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  House with missing wall, Lower Garden District
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  Cat on a Cold Tin Car, Algiers
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  House and car, 7th Ward
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  House, Lakeview
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  Lady Liberty with flood lines, Central City
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  Soldiers on Canal Street
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  Cleanup begins: Trashed appliances arranged as folk art, Carrollton

Gentilly

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Gentilly, New Orleans

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  Humanity
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  2 months after the disaster
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  Doorway with flood lines
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  Living room
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  Flooded house, broken sidewalk
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  Clearing flood damaged possessions from house
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  Memories on the curb to be hauled away
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  Modified street sign a year after the disaster

Uptown

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Uptown New Orleans

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  Wind damage at Magazine & Jackson
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  Collapsed house
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  Locals line up at Red Cross relief station

Lower 9th Ward

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans

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  Residential street before a path was bulldozed clear
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  Field of ruins
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  Smashed houses, cars, trees
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  House atop truck, Lower 9th Ward
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  House
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  House window
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  Barge that landed in residential neighborhood
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  Possessions in flood silt
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  Damaged homes
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  Living room
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  Missing wall, intact closet
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  Refrigerator on roof of smashed house
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  Toys in debris
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  "All We Have Left is Our Life & Our Dignity"
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  Common Ground volunteer relief station
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  Memorial wreath 15 months after the storm

Aftermath in Plaquemines

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Plaquemines Parish

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  Truck on tree, flooded house, Empire, Louisiana
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  Smashed buildings, fallen water tower, Buras, Louisiana
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  Helicopter view of devastated residential neighborhood, Port Sulphur
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  Smashed house, Home Place

Aftermath in St. Bernard

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in St. Bernard

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  Interior of flood damaged home, St. Bernard
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  Ruins of a house, Yscloskey area
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  Smashed houses along the Bayou
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  Survivors live in tent on ruined foundation where their house was, 7 months after storm. Near Reggio.

Arabi, Louisiana

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Arabi

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  House in street
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  Flood debris on roof
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  Car on fence
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  Empty house tagged for involuntary demolition 15 months after the storm

Chalmette

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Chalmette

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  Cars
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  Remains of interior of home
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  Interior of restaurant
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  Collapsed houses
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  Residential neighborhood street blocked by ship
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  Fast food restaurant
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  House over pickup
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  Knights of Nemesis Parade rolls through ruins for Mardi Gras 2006

Meraux

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Meraux

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  Flood tossed cars and silt
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  Fence car
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  Damaged school sign in flood silt

Jefferson Parish

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Jefferson Parish

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  Possessions on steps where house used to be, Bucktown
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  Flooding, Metairie
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  Wall-less house, Gretna
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  Gas station, Terrytown
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  Makeshift refugee/evacuation center at first unflooded Interstate Highway interchange
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  President Bush meets Mayor Nagin at Airport, Kenner
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  Tarping damaged roof, Terrytown
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  2005 Christmas Tiny Town display at Metairie shopping mall satirizes post-Katrina conditions

St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in St. Tammany

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  Water in the house, Slidell
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  Damaged neighborhood, Slidell
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  Damaged house, Madisonville
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  Smashed restaurant, Mandeville

Aftermath in Mississippi

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Mississippi

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  Highway 90 bridge out
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  Destroyed condominiums, Pascagoula
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  Little remains of home in Pass Christian
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  Devastation in Gulfport

Biloxi

Main category: Hurricane Katrina aftermath in Biloxi

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  Neighborhood in ruins
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  Helicopter view with Grand Casino barge swept inland
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  Smashed business building
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  Search and rescue team examine damaged house
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  Search & rescue team marks building
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  Locals get donations
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  Salvaging a few items from damaged house
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  Message on fence: You Loot I Shoot