Gateway and artifacts from home in Waveland, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina Hurricane launched a 30 ft+ tidal wave across the town and wipe homes off the face of the earth. Waveland lies well east of New Orleans near Bay St. Louis.
Four years ago today on 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, destroying communities over a wide path in Louisiana and Mississippi. Its winds and heavy rains breached the levies protecting New Orleans, and within two days, 80 percent of the historic city was under water. An estimated 1 million people were evacuated during and after the storm, the largest movement of people in the U.S. since the Great Depression and the Civil War. Full reconstruction of the devastated areas is expected to take many years. The death toll was over 1,300, compared with 388 in eight hurricanes spread over seven years.
