Katrina Devastation Drowns Biloxi and New Orleans in Floods
Widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina leaves 80 percent of the below sea level city underwater up to 20 feet deep. Mississippi reports at least 100 deaths in one county as rescue efforts race to reach stranded residents. Louisiana fears heavy casualties as the storm hammers the Gulf Coast with 145 mph winds. New Orleans evacuates hotels and hospitals while considering helicopter sandbag drops to seal breached levees amid looting and power outages.
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Harrison County
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Gulf Coast
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New Orleans
Ray Nagin
Evacuees Find Shelter Help In Baytown As Katrina Relief Gathers
evacuees from New Orleans arrive at Baytown shelter seeking safety and basic needs. families share fears for relatives and homes as volunteers from Red Cross and local churches provide meals and donations. workers organize kennels for pets while city and state agencies coordinate relief efforts and dropoff points for aid continue.
Louisiana mothers give birth in Texas as hurricane refugees
Mothers Cothran and Christy Bigham deliver babies at San Jacinto Methodist hospital in Baytown as Katrina refugees. Katrina weighs 6 pounds 10 ounces, 19 inches, Silvia Faye 8 pounds 6 ounces, 20 inches. Nurses offer support while families await return home, potentially a month or more, as shelters fill and evacuees seek temporary housing and care.
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Katrina
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Texas
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Conroe
Baytown
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San Jacinto Hospital
New Orleans
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto
Evacuees Seek Shelter Aid in Mont Belvieu After Storm
About 112 evacuees checked in for shelter at 2 p.m., 12 above capacity, with many facing uncertainty and months away from home. Residents from Jefferson Parish and New Orleans described lost contacts, car troubles, and gratitude for local aid. Churches and volunteers provided meals, gas cards, and transportation as evacueesAwait further relief and long term support.
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Jefferson Parish
Randy Jones
Port of
New Orleans
Jones
Superior
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Baytown
Breaux
Jerry Whitman
Whitman
Charlene Pryor
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