Hurricane Katrina, on this day in history, Aug. 20, 2005, made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana. The natural disaster caused major destruction and disruption.
Katrina continued northward, affecting areas near New Orleans to areas near Mobile, Alabama. in United States history, the National Weather Service said.Neighborhoods are shown flooded with oil and water two weeks after Hurricane Katrina went through New Orleans. This image was taken on Sept. 12, 2005.and its suburbs. The levee and flood wall failures caused widespread flooding," the same source recounted.
About 80% of the city's population evacuated, while 10,000 people headed to the Superdome for shelter, said NewOrleans.com.Others opted to stay in their homes at their own risk. Meanwhile, reports emerged of looting and other crimes as well as residents awaiting rescue from their flooded homes. In the absence of organized effort, helicopters were used to rescue many people from rooftops in the flooded Ninth Ward, the same source recounted.
Neighborhoods in New Orleans, shown here on Aug. 30, 2005, were completely flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco ordered a full-scale evacuation after levees weakened by the storm gave way and the waters of Lake Pontchartrain flooded the city.On September 6, local police estimated there were fewer than 10,000 residents left in New Orleans, the same source indicated.
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