Katrina slams US Gulf Coast, oil rigs adrift
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-30 07:53

A man walks away from a car that crashed and killed an unidentified man who lost control of the vehicle as hurricane Katrina struck on the I-10 highway outside of Pensacola, Florida, August 29, 2005. Authorities in New Orleans ordered hundreds of thousands of residents to flee on Sunday as Hurricane Katrina strengthened into a rare top-ranked storm and barrelled towards the vulnerable U.S. Gulf Coast city for a second and more deadly assault on the Gulf Coast. [Reuters]

Thunder Horse, the world's largest semi-submersible platform, which was tilting after Hurricane Dennis hit the Gulf, is seen in this photograph taken July 12, 2005. [Reuters]

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