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August 29, 2005

Katrina skirts New Orelans - Slams Mississippi Coast

Photos of Superdome with leaking, compromised roof.

Windows are blown out of a downtown New Orleans office complex.

Leeves Compromised, Flooding Begins: C. Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans reports on MSNBC that "numerous fires" and "building collapses" have been reported around the city. Levee system in the 9th ward has been breeched and water is spilling over.

Hurricane damage on the North shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

Flooding on a street in uptown New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina, closely following Camille's path in 1969, slammed into the Mississippi gulf coast. Downgraded to Category 3 with winds at 125 mph. Link to NOAA Hurricane Loop.

Debris from fallen building covers vehicles in downtown New Orleans.

Superdome roof is ripped and leaking. Hurricane Katrina ripped two holes in the curved roof of the Louisiana Superdome, each about 15 to 20 feet long and 4 to 5 feet wide, as thousands of storm refugees huddled inside Monday.

Superdome and government emergency officials stressed that they did not expect the huge roof to fail because of the relatively small breaches,

Damage to a building in Gulfport Mississippi.

People fleeing New Orleans before Katrina.

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Posted by Peenie Wallie on August 29, 2005 at 9:38 AM

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