South Miami-Dade County as seen during a fire department aerial reconnaissance mission in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, August 26, 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico after killing seven people across southern Florida.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image of Hurricane Katrina taken as the hurricane continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico, August 26. The hurricane flooded neighborhoods, cut power to 2.4 million, and left Florida's densely populated southeast coast littered with branches and fallen trees.
Traffic heading west on Interstate 10 gets rerouted north for 40 miles, after officials turned all four lanes one way to head north out of New Orleans August 27, 2005. People voluntarily began leaving on Saturday.
