Buras-Triumph, Louisiana
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Buras-Triumph is a former census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,358 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, Buras-Triumph was split into the CD
Fallen water tower following Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that affected the Southeastern United States in late August 2005, particularly in and around the city of New Orleans. Katr
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana
…hurricane, Hurricane Betsy in 1965, and Hurricane Camille in 1969. More recently, this area was the location where, on August 29, 2005, the eye of Hurricane Katrina first made landfall in Louisiana. Although Katrina was one of the costliest natural disasters to strike the U.S., according to the Hurricane Severity…
Katrina at peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on August 28
Flanked by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, left, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush meets with members of the Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Recovery on August 31, 2005.
Damage to a mobile home in Davie, Florida following Hurricane Katrina
Flooding in Venice, Louisiana