According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, more than 8,000 animals were rescued and taken to shelters across the Gulf region. Home to the Texas-based MLB team, the Houston Astros, the stadium canceled all events scheduled through the end of 2005 following the storm.Ī moving image of a man and his dog, caught in the middle of a debris-filled street. Thousands of those displaced by Hurricane Katrina arrived in Houston, Texas, where the Red Cross had set up a temporary shelter. At its highest point, hurricane relief shelters housed more than 273,000 people, and approximately 114,000 families were later placed in FEMA trailers, according to CNN. More than one million people were displaced in the Gulf region following the storm. The storm damaged 44 oil production facilities in Louisiana, causing about seven million gallons of oil to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. One of the many overturned ships that washed ashore in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, this commercial fishing boat ended up on the port of a distribution center owned by Exxon Mobil. Along the Gulf coast, water reached six to 12 miles inland from the beach. Scraps of metal and household items are scattered throughout the image. In the background, a field of bare branches marks the wetlands, one of the many ecological areas damaged by the storm.Ī statue of the Madonna stands erect amid a ravaged scene, contrasting the broken cars and rubble littering the road. Air Force overlooks a flooded residential area in Louisiana, where only the roofs of homes peak over the water. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, here are 10 photos of the aftermath of the storm and its resilient survivors.Ī member of the U.S.
Widely covered by the media, Hurricane Katrina left a powerful impression on million of Americans whose hearts went out to those who found themselves in desperate need of shelter, food, and water as rescue teams conducted searches and delivered boxes of essentials along the razed roads. Not only were homes, businesses, and livelihoods destroyed, but the entire infrastructure of the coastal region-especially in commercial shipping and oil production-was affected.įamilies were displaced, cruise ships were overturned, and hundreds were left stranded on roofs and makeshift floatation devices for days on end, dehydrated and exhausted from the August heat. The total economic toll of the storm is an estimated $108 billion the human toll is incalculable. And even after a decade, recovery efforts are ongoing. It has been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina thrashed through the Gulf coast, surging over the levies of Louisiana on August 29, 2005. More than 1,800 people died in the Category 5 hurricane and subsequent floods that rushed through the streets of the Southeast, leaving only a path of debris in its wake. Hurricane Katrina ranks among the most deadly, destructive, and costly storms to make landfall in the U.S.' recorded history.
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