Hurricane Katrina photograph of nasty area flooded when Hurricane Katrina caused levee breaches.

University, New Orleans, LA 9-16-2005

New Orleans (Sept. 8, 2005) - Air traffic controllers work in helicopter direction center during flight quarters aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima departed Norfolk, Va., to join the Joint Task Force Katrina hurricane relie

survivors on rooftop

Hurricane katrina Images: The divers are sanitized due to the condition of the water in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in th

New Orleans (Sept. 11, 2005)

Huge Oak tree that crushed the roof of Angie Junior High.

Angie, LA November 15, 2005

Carnival "Fun Ship" Holiday is being used by FEMA to provide temporary housing

Mobile, Ala., September 18, 2005

Texas Army National Guard, prepare to attach a sling-load cable to the hook on a UH-60 Helicopter

Sept. 10, 2005

A C-5 Galaxy sits on the flightline before cargo is loaded.

ALBANY, N.Y.

ready to take the bodies of the deceased

New Orleans, LA 9/7/05

New Orleans, LA, Sept. 14, 2005 -- Large swaths of forest have been decimated by Hurricane Katrina. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo

Remnants of sandbags used to try to protect a street in the French Quarter lie soaked in the sun.

All that's left of a house after distructive Hurricane Katrina.

Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Al 9-9-05

The Mexican Navy amphibious ship Papaloapan (P-411) sits off the coast of Mississippi

Gulf of Mexico (Sept. 9, 2005)

Evacuees have marked their homes to let rescuers know that they are safe.

Slidell, LA 9/5/05

Field-Portable Gas Chromatograph/ Mass Spectrometer to measure the level of air contaminants

St. Benard Parish, La. (Sept. 12,2005)

Hurricane Katrina came through this area and this was the only house still standing in the neighorhood

Pass Christian, Mississippi, September 27, 2005

New Orleans, LA 9/8/05 -- Ten days after hurricaneKatrina, there are still areas that have not been addressed by clean up crews. Downed wires pose serious safety hazards. Photo by: Liz Roll

Migitated home survives while Mobile Home do not

Mon Louis Island, Mobile County, Al 9-9-05

FEMA Urban Search Flordia Task force 1 take a break to rehydrate

New Orleans, LA, September 21, 2005

The emergency workers at the airport are sleeping on cots in the baggage claim and showering in portable showers.

fast combat support ship USNS Arctic

Gulf of Mexico (Sept. 10, 2005)

NEW ORLEANS -- Senior Airman Angela Kaster prepares for the day's taskings Sept. 9. The 149th Fighter Wing is deployed as part of Task Force San Antonio, providing military support in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The 149th FW is from the Texas Air Natio

NEW ORLEANS -- Air evacuation patients go through reception and in-processing in the ticketing and departure section of the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Sept. 1. Disaster medical assistance teams provide most of the care and proce

This section of Slidell was devestated by hurricane Katrina. All buildings were searched by rescuers and marked as such with ora

Slidell, LA 9/5/05

Convoy of Hope has a cache of baby supplies are ready to be shipped to victims of hurricaane Katrina.

Slidell, LA 9/5/05

New Orleans (Sept. 11, 2005) – U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two (MDSU-2), Detachment Two, work together to thoroughly clean and sanitize a diver immediately after completing dive operations from a Mechanized L

Military personnel unload a diesel powered water pump flown in by a Russian AN-124 Condor Aircraft

New Orleans (Sept. 12, 2005)

New Orleans, LA-September 8, 2005--Coast Guard members decontaminate boats that have been in areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is being evacuated as a result of floods from hurricane Katrina. Thousand of people have been rescued from the f

50 bicycles donated by a local Walmart

Corps contractors are using a technology known as

Bass Enterprises Overflight, 5 Sept Date Sep-10-2005 02:47 PM NOAA image

New Orleans, LA, September 9, 2005--Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team are transported via a Blackhawk from areas that they have just searched for residents still in areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

New Orleans, LA, September 8, 2005--Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team search areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina for residents still needing help getting out of the area. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

New Orleans, LA-September 6, 2005--A view of the inner harbor industrial canal. New Orleans is being evacuated as a result of floods from hurricane Katrina. Thousand of people have been rescued from the flood waters by Urban Search and Rescue teams from a

need for electrical service

Bogalusa, La., September 19, 2005 fema/illinoisphoto.com- Residents along Highway 21, outside of the city, let the Washington-St. Tammany power company know of their need for electrical service, knocked out by Hurricane Katrina. More than 90 percent of t

Local residents remain around the Superdome which was used as a shelter during Hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans, Louidiana

Debris composed of toppled trees and other vegetative matter is burned.

Covington, Louisiana, September 20, 2005

Hurricane Katrina Photos: Ambulances stand at the ready to transport evacuees in need of additional medical attention

New Orleans, Louisiana, August 31

New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of flooding caused by hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans, LA, Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Navy Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmer Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 1st Class Tim Hawkins rescues a victim of Hurricane Katr

Offerings of Assistance

Mustang, OK, January 21, 2006 -fema/illinoisphoto.com- FEMA Community Relations Specialists Sam Garcia and Bob Noltensmeyer and Oklahoma Emergency Manager Michelann Ooten talk with Chris Needles about assistantance available to those affected by the recen

Gulfport, Miss., September 16, 2005 -- The Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) set up in Gulfport, Miss. DMORT is working in response to Hurricane Katrina. FEMA/Mark Wolfe

Slidell, La., September 12, 2005 - The first floor level of the city's police department flooded, resulting in damages to the structure and its contents. Communities in Hurricane Katrina's path sustained crippling losses. Win Henderson / FEMA

Houston,TX.,9/12/2005--High view of the Reliant center, grounds and sheriffs operations.FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

unmanned aerial vehicle mounted on a pole in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans, September 5, 2005 - Members of a search and rescue unit set up camp on an overpass in the downtown area. Boats are being launched from I-10 exit ramps now under water and searching for residents left stranded by Hurricane Katrina. Photo by

New Orleans, September 5, 2005 - Airboats operated by the Louisians Fish and Wildlife Service head for a staging area where they will participate in the day's search and rescue mission. Thousands of residents have already been boated out of the city's are

Chalmette, LA, Sept. 17, 2005 -- Jeff Barry of Cailfornia Task Force 2's Urban Search and Rescue from Los Angeles County Fire Deptartment checks every room for possible survivors stuck in their home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina' storm surge. Bob McMil

Photos: The French Quarter is trying to come back to life following the Hurricane katrina devastation.

New Orleans, French Quarter LA 9-17-05

New Orleans, LA, September 14, 2005 - New flood walls are rapidly being built along the breached area of the 17th Street Canal in addition to an extension of sandbags, rock and gravel on the southern side of the canal. The new support is now 320' long, 2

Baton Rouge, La., September 13, 2005 - Basic bathing facilities allow evacuees to cleanse themselves at the Red Cross emergency shelter operating out of the River Center. Tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents left homeless by Hurricane Katrina are no