Intro Hurricane
Katrina
Category 5
preparation
Landfall:
Louisiana
Landfall
Mississippi
Levee
Breaches
Flooding
& Looting
Mississippi
Destruction
Stranded in
NOLA
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Flooding
& Looting
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Flooding & Looting
August 30
Water levels continue to rise in New Orleans. Eighty percent of the city is under water as deep as 20 feet. Survivors stranded in flooded homes, escape by cutting through rooftops. Coast Guard and other emergency workers rescue thousands of people trapped in floodwaters. Looters ransack downtown businesses.