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On the morning of September 4, 2005, six days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, members of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), ostensibly responding to a call from an officer under fire, shot and killed two civilians at the Danziger Bridge: 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison. Four other civilians were ...
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. It is tied with Hurricane Harvey as being the costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin.
Since August 30, 2005, 6,098 images have been added to the collection; Hurricane Katrina has the most photographs in the collection with around 3,000 images. The photographs are of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, typhoons, fires, avalanches, ice storms, blizzards, terrorist attacks, earthquakes, and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. ... It ties with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Track Map of Hurricane Hazel, Saffir–Simpson Scale ...
On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast -- leaving its mark as one of the strongest storms to ever impact the U.S. coast. Devastation ranged from Louisiana to Alabama to ...
Homes remain surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 11, 2005, in New Orleans “The house just split in half,” Mr Jackson told a WKRG reporter at the time.
The Southeastern United States, extending from South Florida to Louisiana and areas inland, was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina, which caused many deaths and billions in damages. After developing on August 23, Katrina made landfall near the border of Broward and Miami-Dade counties with 80 mph (130 km/h) winds on August 25.
By comparison, Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that devastated New Orleans, killed more than 1,800 and cost about $200 billion, according to federal estimates.