Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on August 29, 2005. The city's levee system failed, flooding 80% of the city. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest US hurricane since 1928. The total property damage was estimated at $108bn.
In this gallery, we look back at the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
A satellite image shows Hurricane Katrina at 1515 GMT (11:15 am EDT) on August 29, 2005, hours after making landfall on the Louisiana coast. At least a million people had fled the area ahead of the powerful storm, which weakened and was downgraded to a Category 4 storm as it neared land, with winds of 155 mph (248 kph)ReutersAugust 29, 2005: People walk down a flooded street after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, LouisianaGettyAugust 29, 2005: A man looks out of one of hundreds of windows broken by Hurricane Katrina at the Hyatt Hotel in New OrleansGettyAugust 29, 2005: A dog waits to be rescued from the floodwaters surrounding a house in New OrleansGettyAugust 30, 2005: An aerial view shows flood waters covering streets in New Orleans. It was estimated that 80% of New Orleans was underwater as levees began to break and leak around Lake PonchartrainAFPAugust 30, 2005: A woman is airlifted to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New OrleansAFPAugust 30, 2005: The damaged roof of the Louisiana Superdome in New OrleansGettyAugust 30, 2005: An aerial photograph shows a levee giving way to high water in New Orleans. Floodwaters engulfed much of New Orleans after the historic city's defences were breached by Hurricane KatrinaReutersAugust 30, 2005: A man paddles on a floating door along a flooded street in New OrleansReutersAugust 30, 2005: People stand stranded on a roof surrounded by high flood waters in New OrleansAFPAugust 30, 2005 : An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood east of downtown New OrleansGettyAugust 31, 2005: Two men paddle in high water near the bridge crossing the Industrial Canal to the Lower Ninth Ward in New OrleansGettyAugust 31, 2005: A submerged police car is seen in the east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the areaReutersAugust 31, 2005: Prison inmates are held at the end of a sunken highway in New Orleans, LouisianaReutersAugust 31, 2005: Earl Dunbar of the Louisiana State Capitol Police carries a five-day-old baby an evacuee brought to the Superdome for treatment. The mother said she had been trapped in her home after Hurricane Katrina hitReutersSeptember 1, 2005: Dorothy Divic, 89, is surrounded by onlookers trying to keep her alive on a street outside the New Orleans Convention Cenre. Several people among the thousands of stranded evacuees from Hurricane Katrina died while waiting outside the building, with no sign of help on the wayReutersSeptember 1, 2005: A body floats in floodwaters in New OrleansAFPSeptember 2, 2005: An aerial view of homes surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina as fires burn near downtown New OrleansReutersSeptember 2, 2005: A shaft of sunlight comes in through a hole in the damaged roof of the New Orleans Superdome after it was emptied of thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivorsReutersSeptember 2, 2005: Thousands of refugees fill the floor of the Astrodome in Houston, TexasReutersSeptember 4, 2005: A man clings to the top of a vehicle before being rescued by the US Coast Guard from the flooded streets of New OrleansReutersSeptember 6, 2005: A man stands in flood waters as fire burns down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaReutersSeptember 10, 2005: A helicopter drops sandbags to help repair the London Street canal levee in New OrleansReutersSeptember 13, 2005: Hurricane Katrina holdout Joshua Creek sits on the porch of his house in front of the Memorial Medical Centre of New OrleansReutersSeptember 16, 2005: A Hurricane Katrina holdout walks home in the French Quarter neighbourhood of New OrleansReuters
