New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina

August 31, 2005

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Hurricane Katrina was a large Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in late-August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas.

Below is information about the scenes in the Hurricane Katrina Aftermath - New Orleans' collage created by USA Patriotism!

Top Left - Flooded roadways can be seen as the U.S. Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights of the New Orleans, Louisiana area on August 29, 2005. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi

Top Right - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Beaty looks for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 30, 2005. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

Bottom Left - Motor vessels Sea Wolf and Sea Falcon found themselves high above ground in Empire, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the area on August 29, 2005. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA2 Jennifer Johnson.

Bottom Right - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Huerta hoists two children into a Coast Guard rescue helicopter in New Orleans, Louisiana. Others watch from below as the children are among many New Orleans citizens to be rescued from their rooftops due to flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi

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Hurricane Katrina was at the time the costliest tropical cyclone on record and is now tied with 2017's Hurricane Harvey. The storm was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States.