[BurbankKarl]

A television crew covers the flooded State Road 59 in Gulf Shores, Alabama September 16, 2004 after Hurricane Ivan came ashore in the city. The crew stands on debris washed onto the roadway. Hurricane Ivan slammed the U.S. Gulf coast on Thursday with furious winds and flooding, ripping roofs off homes and hotels, washing out bridges, downing power lines and spawning tornadoes that killed eight people.

[BurbankKarl]

Workers from the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo rescue an asian fallow stag that escaped during Hurricane Ivan in Gulf Shores, Ala., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan made landfall close to the town.

Nine alligators were on the loose in the Alabama town of Gulf Shores, after they escaped from a zoo in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Ivan