Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Pictures
Hurricane katrina was a category 5 hurricane that made landfall on florida and louisiana in august 2005 causing catastrophic damage particularly in the city of new orleans and the surrounding areas and over 1200 deaths.
Louisiana hurricane katrina pictures. Est on august 29 2005 over parts of louisiana. Getty images on aug. Katrina made landfall monday morning as a category 4 storm with sustained. Winds of 127 mph ripped across louisiana 10 years ago leaving in its wake devastation of property destruction of lives and a death toll of 1836 people.
Some 1833 people in louisiana and mississippi were killed. Mark benton of the louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries helps to rescue 3 month old ishmael sullivan from a school rooftop after he and his mother were trapped with dozens of others in high water from hurricane katrina aug. 40 powerful photos of new orleans after the storm. Hurricane katrina tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern united states in august 2005 breaching levees and causing widespread damage and deaths.
Hurricane katrinas devastation in photos. Hurricane katrina made first landfall along the gulf coast as a category 3 storm at 610 am. 29 2005 hurricane katrina rocked the gulf coast. Ultimately the storm caused more than 160 billion in damage and it reduced the population of new orleans by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.
30 2005 in new orleans. Its important to show the aftermath of natural disasters even if it makes us uncomfortablethe lessons from katrina were painful but i hope we learned as a nation how to better prepare ourselves and react appropriately. May 31 2019 according to fema we as a people are not strong enough or reasonable enough or mature enough to veiw the images of the dead from horrible tragedies. Canal street is flooded a day after hurricane katrina blew through august 30 2005 in new orleans louisiana.
In this satellite image from noaa hurricane katrina is seen at 415 pm. Hurricane katrina ripped through the gulf coast claiming 1800 lives in four states and causing more than 151bn.