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Katrina hits US Gulf Coast
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-31 14:20

Katrina hits US Gulf Coast

The Terme area of New Orleans, the United States lies under several feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit August 29, 2005. Downtown is seen in the background. Hurricane Katrina ripped into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, battering the historic jazz city New Orleans, swamping resort towns and lowlands with a crushing surge of seawater and stranding people on rooftops. [Reuters]

 
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