New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday, as corpses lay abandoned in street medians, fights and fires broke out and storm survivors battled for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the chaos. The tired and hungry seethed, saying they had been forsaken.
Four days after Hurricane Katrina roared in with a devastating blow that inflicted potentially thousands of deaths, the frustration, fear and anger mounted, despite the promise of 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to stop the looting, plans for a $10 billion recovery bill in Congress and a government relief effort President Bush called the biggest in U.S. history.
With thousands feared drowned in what could be America's deadliest natural disaster in a century, New Orleans' leaders all but surrendered the streets to floodwaters Wednesday and began turning out the lights on the ruined city - perhaps for months.
Mississippi coast now a stretch of rubble
From the coin-spitting slot machines to the stately Southern beach cottages, Mississippi's coastline has long been the economic engine for the entire state. But every industry along the coast has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina in a way that will take years, if not decades, to recover.
Crews pass dead to reach storm survivors
Two levees broke and sent water coursing into the streets of the Big Easy a full day after New Orleans appeared to have escaped widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina. An estimated 80 percent of the below-sea-level city was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places, with miles and miles of homes swamped.
Rescue boats in La. search for survivors
On a normal day, Sgt. Aaron Monceaux is cruising the bayou, dodging alligators and ticketing hunters in Louisiana's Cajun country. Tuesday, though, was not a normal day for the officer with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Instead of alligators, there were trash bags, bottles, huge chunks of metal and wood - every kind of debris imaginable - floating in the water.
Crisis grows as flooded New Orleans looted
Katrina costly, but not as big as expected
New Orleans flooding may last for days
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