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Hurricane, Floods in Louisina

Type of Event:	Hurricane, Floods in Louisiana
Location of Event:	New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi (United States); New Orleans, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi
Date of Charter Activation:	31/08/2005
Charter Requestor:	United States Geological Survey
Project Management:	USGS

Description of Event

Levees were breached and floodwaters submerged the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina made landfall just south of the city on 29 August 2005. 80% of the city was under six meters of water on 31 August 2005. Along the Gulf coast and the Mississippi, flooding was extensive.
Authorities put the estimated death toll possibly in the thousands, as rescue efforts were underway on 31 August.

Images and/or Image Products

Hurricane, Flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

New Orleans, Spot satellite image
Image processing, map created 02/09/2005 by USGS.
Higher resolution version

Other data is available at: http://eros.usgs.gov/katrina/