Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts

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Updated 0056 GMT (0856 HKT) August 28, 2021

Water spills over a levee along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on August 30, 2005, in New Orleans. Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. After levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans failed, much of the city was underwater.
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Water spills over a levee along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on August 30, 2005, in New Orleans. Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. After levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans failed, much of the city was underwater.
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A helicopter rescues a family from a rooftop on September 1, 2005. Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina stranded thousands of New Orleans residents.
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A helicopter rescues a family from a rooftop on September 1, 2005. Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina stranded thousands of New Orleans residents.
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Evacuees crowd the floor of the Astrodome in Houston on September 2, 2005. The facility housed 15,000 refugees who fled the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
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Evacuees crowd the floor of the Astrodome in Houston on September 2, 2005. The facility housed 15,000 refugees who fled the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
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A neighborhood east of downtown New Orleans remains flooded on August 30, 2005.
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A neighborhood east of downtown New Orleans remains flooded on August 30, 2005.
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A woman gets carried out of floodwaters after being trapped in her home in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, on August 30, 2005.
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A woman gets carried out of floodwaters after being trapped in her home in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, on August 30, 2005.
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Police watch over prisoners from Orleans Parish Prison who were evacuated to a highway on September 1, 2005.
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Police watch over prisoners from Orleans Parish Prison who were evacuated to a highway on September 1, 2005.
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Daryl Thompson and his daughter Dejanae, 3 months old, wait with other displaced residents on a highway to catch a ride out of New Orleans on August 31, 2005. Thousands were looking for a place to go after leaving the Superdome shelter.
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Daryl Thompson and his daughter Dejanae, 3 months old, wait with other displaced residents on a highway to catch a ride out of New Orleans on August 31, 2005. Thousands were looking for a place to go after leaving the Superdome shelter.
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Residents of Saucier, Mississippi, line up to get gas on August 31, 2005.
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Residents of Saucier, Mississippi, line up to get gas on August 31, 2005.
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Hanging from her roof, a woman waits to be rescued by New Orleans Fire Department workers on August 29, 2005.
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Hanging from her roof, a woman waits to be rescued by New Orleans Fire Department workers on August 29, 2005.
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People seek high ground on Interstate 90 as a helicopter prepares to land at the Superdome in New Orleans on August 31, 2005.
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People seek high ground on Interstate 90 as a helicopter prepares to land at the Superdome in New Orleans on August 31, 2005.
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A woman cries after returning to her house and business, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, on August 30, 2005, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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A woman cries after returning to her house and business, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, on August 30, 2005, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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People search for their belongings among debris washed up on the beach in Biloxi on August 30, 2005.
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People search for their belongings among debris washed up on the beach in Biloxi on August 30, 2005.
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People try to get to higher ground as water rises on August 30, 2005, in New Orleans.
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People try to get to higher ground as water rises on August 30, 2005, in New Orleans.
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