Hurricane Katrina damage in Gulfport,Mississippi,USA. Gulfport is on the Gulf of Mexico coast of Mississippi,and bore the brunt of Katrina,which arrived as a category four hurricane on 29th August 2005. All the seafront timber buildings were destroyed,and even the concrete structures suffered serious damage. Katrina left a trail of damage across much of the Gulf coast region,but worst affected was New Orleans. There,failure of the levee flood defences meant that around 80% of the low-lying port city was flooded. Many hundreds lost their lives. Katrina was thought to have been the most costly natural disaster in US history at the time | |
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