Katrina hits US Gulf Coast (Reuters/AP) Updated: 2005-08-30 12:02
Rooftops and bare foundations sit surrounded by the debris
of damaged and destroyed homes and businesses, in Biloxi, Miss., Tuesday, Aug.
30, 2005, following Hurricane Katrina's landfall along the Gulf Coast on Monday.
Across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, more than 1 million residents
remained without electricity, some without clean drinking water, Tuesday. In
devastated Biloxi, Miss., areas that were not underwater were littered with tree
trunks, downed power lines and chunks of broken concrete.Some buildings were
flattened. [AP]
Jose Lopez of Biloxi, Miss. speaks about the damage done by
Hurricane Katrina Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 in Biloxi, in front of a Shell filling
station along U.S. Highway 90. [AP]
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