Hurricane Katrina Smashes Gulf Coast

Hurricane Katrina Approaches Florida
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Left to right, Richard Castro, Richard Castro, Jr.,2, Nicole Castro, and Rachel Castro, 6, watch a movie while waiting out Hurricane Katrina at a Red Cross shelter set up at Central United Methodists Church August 29, 2005 in Meridian, Mississippi. About 369 people took shelter in the church during the storm.

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