Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed 1,392 people and caused damage estimated at $125 billion, particularly in and around the city of New Orleans,
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
Hurricane Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the United States when it hit southern Mississippi in August 1969. A devastating tropical cyclone, Camille was one of four
Hurricane Camille in the Gulf of Mexico on August 16
Two large ships – the Alamo Victory and the Hulda, beached in Gulfport, Mississippi
Richeliu Apartments before and after Hurricane Camille
Flooding damage at Howardsville, Virginia; the bridge formerly carried Virginia Route 626 over the Rockfish River.