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August 25
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• 7 p.m.: Lumbering ashore in south Florida, Katrina causes
nine deaths and kills power to more than 1.2 million people.
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August 26
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August 27
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• During the day, residents of
• Highways leading out of
• 11 p.m.: The National Hurricane Center issues a hurricane
warning from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Alabama-Florida border, an area that
includes New Orleans. A warning means that hurricane conditions are expected
within the warning area within the next 24 hours.
August 28
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• 10 a.m.: As Katrina hits 175 mph winds, New Orleans Mayor
Ray Nagin orders mandatory evacuations as the storm seems to beat a direct path
to the city.
• During the day, Bush declares a state of emergency in
August 29
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• The storm's daylong rampage claims lives and ravages
property in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, where coastal areas remained
under several feet of water.
• Two major flood-control levees are breached, and the
National Weather Service reports "total structural failure" in parts
of
• In
• 10 p.m.: More than 12 hours after making landfall, one of
the most powerful hurricanes to hit the northern Gulf Coast in half a century is
downgraded to a tropical storm. Remnants head north toward
August 30
• New Orleans is left with no power, no drinking water,
dwindling food supplies, widespread looting, fires -- and steadily rising waters
from major levee breaches. Efforts to limit the flooding are unsuccessful and
force authorities to try evacuating the thousands of people at city shelters.
• Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says Katrina inflicted
more damage to the state's beach towns than did Hurricane Camille, and its death
toll is likely to be higher. In
• The
• Katrina is downgraded to a tropical depression.
August 31
• President Bush flies over the
• The entire region is declared a public health emergency
amid fears of diseases that could spread because of the contaminated, stagnant
water.
• Evacuations from the Louisiana Superdome to the Houston
Astrodome begin. About 20,000 people are expected to be transferred from
• When asked about the number of dead, New Orleans Mayor
Ray Nagin replies, "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands."
September 1
• In flooded
• Violence disrupts relief efforts as authorities rescue
trapped residents and try to evacuate thousands of others living among corpses
and human waste. Those stranded express growing frustration with the disorder
evident on the streets, raising questions about the coordination and timeliness
of relief efforts.
• Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announces
that 4,200 National Guard troops trained as military police will be deployed to
New Orleans over the next three days. Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco requests
the mobilization of 40,000 National Guard troops.
• Gasoline prices spike as high as $5 a gallon in some
areas as consumers fearing a gas shortage race to the pumps.
September 2
• Tired and angry people stranded at the convention center
in New Orleans welcome a supply convoy carrying food, water and medicine.
• President Bush visits
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimate it will take 36
to 80 days to drain the city.
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• Members of the Congressional Black Caucus criticize the
pace of relief efforts, saying response was slow because those most affected are
poor.
September 3
• While thousands of people waiting to be evacuated from
the squalor of flood-stricken
• FEMA announces that 90,000 square miles were affected by
Katrina, an area greater than the size of the
• Utility companies work to restore power to more than 1
million
• The Army Corps of Engineers brings in pumps and
generators from around the nation to help get