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29aug05-hurricane Katrina

57 images Created 28 Aug 2013

August 29th , 2005. Hurricane Katrina slams New Orleans. The storm howled, sucking glass from the Hyatt Hotel. Mayor Ray Nagin learned the levees had crumbled. Floodwaters swept into the city. The desperate attempt to rescue her citizens began. The city was plunged into chaos and darkness. The largest natural disaster in American history claimed 1,833 souls. 70% of the housing stock was inundated.

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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers collect Faith Figueroa (1yrs), saved by local police and firefighters from her family's flooded home in the 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina032.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. The calm after the storm. Few lights shine out from the Crescent City in an eerie darkness following Katrina.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina070.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Railway tracks disappear in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina023.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina064.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina043.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. A man is rescued from his rooftop, having smashed his way out as flood waters rose.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina040.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina014.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. A victim of the catastrophic flooding bobs amidst the debris in the murky waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina060.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Residents of the Hyatt Hotel are moved to the conference rooms where a man watches the approaching storm in sleeping quarters now occupied by thousands of apprehensive residents and trapped tourists. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina002.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina046.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Mayor Ray Nagin and top city councillors listen to the latest reports coming in from the emergency services. As levees are breached and flooding begins to swamp the city, mayor Ray Nagin and his aides at the Hyatt Hotel appear helpless as they struggle to maintain communications, command and control in a city rapidly losing control.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina007.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina065.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina069.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. A man sits on his stoop in the French Quarter as the storm lashes the city.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina018.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina063.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. A man is rescued from his rooftop, having smashed his way out as flood waters rose.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina054.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina049.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Railway tracks disappear in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina022.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina047.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina045.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina044.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. The new roof on the Superdome is stripped as the storm passes over.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina016.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Flooding reaches the French Quarter as the storm passes over the city.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina020.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina042.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina041.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina012.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina037.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Railway tracks disappear in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina021.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina036.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10.  An elderly resident of the 9th ward rescued from his submerged home is immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina057.JPG
  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Scared and relieved, 4yr old Anfernya Figueroa is rescued from the lower 9th ward after it disappeared under water.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina034.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Scared and relieved, 4yr old Anfernya Figueroa is rescued from the 9th ward after it disappeared under water.Fern was saved by local police and firefighters using boats to reach victims of the flooding.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina031.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina072.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. As levees are breached and flooding begins to swamp the city, mayor Ray Nagin and his aides at the Hyatt Hotel appear helpless as they struggle to maintain communications, command and control in a city rapidly losing control.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina006.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina027.JPG
  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Scared and relieved, 4yr old Anfernya Figueroa is rescued from the lower 9th ward after it disappeared under water.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina030.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. A young resident is delighted to be rescued from her submerged home. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina051.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Railway tracks disappear in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina024.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers collect Faith Figueroa (1yrs), saved by local police and firefighters from her family's flooded home in the lower 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina028.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina009.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina068.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina011.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina026.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina013.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Flooding reaches the French Quarter as the storm passes over the city.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina019.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. The new roof on the Superdome is stripped as the storm passes over.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina017.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Railway tracks disappear in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina025.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina010.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina061.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Residents of the Hyatt Hotel are moved to the conference rooms. A 5 day old baby boy shares his sleeping quarters with thousands of people taking shelter from the storm.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-hurricane katrina003.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina039.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Residents of the Hyatt Hotel are moved to the conference rooms where they await the approaching storm in sleeping quarters now occupied by thousands of apprehensive residents and trapped tourists. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina004.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Glass tumbles from the Hyatt hotel as the storm slams the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina008.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Residents of the Hyatt Hotel are moved to the conference rooms where a man watches the approaching storm in sleeping quarters now occupied by thousands of apprehensive residents and trapped tourists. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina001.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina062.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Residents of the Hyatt Hotel are moved to the conference rooms where they await the approaching storm in sleeping quarters now occupied by thousands of apprehensive residents and trapped tourists. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina005.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. A victim of the catastrophic flooding bobs amidst the debris in the murky waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina058.JPG