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Flooded New Orleans

Aerial view of a flooded New Orleans neighborhood with submerged streets and tree canopies, an interrupted elevated highway interchange, and dark smoke rising near the horizon.

Collection

USCG Released photos, Hurricane Katrina

(Aug. 29, 2005) - Flooded roadways can be seen as the Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights here today. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi 050829-C-3550N-082 (FR)

Citation

“Flooded New Orleans,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2394.