Intro Hurricane
Katrina
Category 5
preparation
Landfall:
Louisiana
Landfall
Mississippi
Levee
Breaches
Flooding
& Looting
Mississippi
Destruction
Stranded in
NOLA
Aug 25-27 Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 29 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 30 Aug 31
Stranded in
NOLA
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Stranded in New Orleans
August 31
More than 20,000 people remain inside the Superdome, without working toilets or air conditioning. Thousands more seek shelter at the city's Convention Center. Doctors report patients are dying from lack of water. Floodwaters are dotted with floating corpses.