Goaded by rising floodwaters and the Louisiana governor's evacuation order, residents—including cats in a plastic tub—are escaping in boats and helicopters.
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August 31, 2005—Broken levees are allowing floodwaters to pour into New Orleans, endangering thousands of residents in a city that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina Monday.
Hurricane Katrina stormed on to the U.S. Gulf Coast Monday, August 29, as a dangerous Category Four hurricane. Watch this animation to see how one of the worst storms to make U.S. landfall formed.
In February 2005, National Geographic News reported that disappearing marshlands were making the U.S. Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding and severe hurricane damage.
