Katrina: Waves of Destruction

A Red Cross truck sits flooded with other vehicles in front of a hotel just off Interstate 10 in Pascagoula, Miss., as Hurricane Katrina battered the area.  (Michael Spooneybarger / AP)

A large tree lands on a house and carport with two cars in Baton Rouge, La.  (Bill Feig / AP)

A dog waits on the side roof of a house in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina tore though the area with high wind and rain.  (Chris Graythen / Getty Images)

Elbert Curtis of New Orleans walks through floodwaters that surround his home.  (Dave Martin / AP)

A tattered American flag flies in front of the blown out Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area.  (Bill Haber / AP)

Chest-deep water dumped from Hurricane Katrina collects in a New Orleans street.  (Chris Graythen / Getty Images)

A St. Bernard Parish deputy sheriff uses a boat to rescue residents after Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans-area neighborhood. Officials had called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many residents remained.  (Eric Gay / AP)

An overturned car sits in front of the Superdome in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Debris lies on Canal Street in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Ernest Swaggerty pauses as he contemplates cleaning up what’s left of his trailer in Irvington, Ala., in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.  (G.M. Andrews / AP)

Shambrika Jones walks past debris next to her car in Gulfport, Miss. after Hurricane Katrina moved through the area.  (Tannen Maury / EPA)

Pocahontas Gomez, left, and her aunt Brenda Varnado walk the Bywater neighborhood in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.  (Matt Rourke / AP)

A police car is submerged by Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters near Bywater Hospital in New Orleans.  (Matt Rourke / AP)

Cars are crushed by debris that fell from a building in New Orleans’ French Quarter.  (James Nielsen AFP/Getty Images)

Clark Derbes floats briefly in the air in Baton Rouge, La., as a strong wind kicked up from Hurricane Katrina fills a sheet tucked into his shoes. Local residents ventured outside to survey damage and play in the strong winds after threats of the most severe weather had passed.  (Liz Condo / AP)