Hurricane Katrina and Juan
September, 2004-5
IGS 12
Workers repair the levee which
was breached by Hurricane
Katrina in the Lakefront district
of New Orleans. Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco
urged coastal residents to flee
north as monstrous Hurricane
Rita barreled across the Gulf
of Mexico.
Thousands of trees in
Point Pleasant Park
in Halifax blown over
Damage by Hurricane
Juan to Prospect, Nova Scotia.
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Hurricane Katrina and Juan
September, 2004-5
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A building in Galveston is readied for the approach of
Hurricane Rita. Rita, one of the deadliest storms ever
recorded, sent millions fleeing, threatened vital oil
production and cast fear far and wide as it ripped across
the Gulf of Mexico, whipping up winds of 170 miles an
hour (275 kilometres).
Hurricane Rita continues its track on
the Gulf of Mexico towards Texas,
United States. Rita, one of the
deadliest storms ever recorded, sent
millions fleeing, threatened vital oil
production and cast fear far and wide
as it ripped across the Gulf of
Mexico, whipping up winds of 170
miles an hour (275 kilometres).
Galveston Independent School District buses help to
evacuate residents of Galveston, Texas, the area
ahead of Hurricane Rita
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Hurricane Katrina and Juan
September, 2004-5
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Key West resident Isaac
Steckler paddles his boat back
from the store after Hurricane
Rita passed the low lying
island chain in Key West,
Florida.
Traffic flows on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway
near Key Largo, Florida, September 21, 2005.
Wednesday marked the first day resident evacuees
could return to Florida Keys after Hurricane Rita
lashed the Keys Tuesday but did little damage to the
vulnerable Florida Islands. Hurricane Rita grew into
a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm on
Wednesday and took aim at Texas as officials
began evacuating more than a million people from
most of the coast and parts of Houston
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Hurricane Katrina and Juan
September, 2004-5
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US President George W. Bush,
under fire over Washington's
widely criticized response to
Hurricane Katrina, has spoke
twice in two days with
Governor Rick Perry of Texas,
where the storm was expected
to make landfall. He had
simple instructions for
Americans in areas expected
to be hit by powerful Hurricane
Rita: 'Get out.'
A front-end loader scrapes a Florida Keys resort beach
of seaweed in Islamorada, Florida, September 21,
2005. Tidal surge caused seaweed to be pushed up on
the beach after Hurricane Rita lashed the Keys
Tuesday but did little damage to the vulnerable Florida
Islands. Hurricane Rita grew into a potentially
catastrophic Category 5 storm on Wednesday and took
aim at Texas as officials began evacuating more than a
million people from most of the coast and parts of
Houston
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