Events
Tropical storm formed a category 1 hurricane over the BahamasStrengthened to tropical storm KatrinaKatrina strengthened C1 stormKatrina was downgraded to a tropical stormHurricane Katrina reached level 3 intensityHurricane Katrina reached level 4 intensity and made its first landfall as a catagory 5 stromHurricane Katrina made its second landfall as a strong Category 3 hurricaneAll peopel evacuated due to floodingKatrina downgraded to a tropical depressionDue to lack of funds, New Orleans would lay off 3,000 employees from the city's payrollApproximately 1.5 million people were evacuated from the damaged areas in LouisianaThe official death toll from Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to 1,135, 33 days after landfall.Hurricane Rita compounded the already growing problems as it makes landfall just west of where Hurricane Katrina had.Hurricane Rita headed towards Houston, with its outer bands bringing rain to the New Orleans areaThe official death toll was raised to 1,036, with 63 additional deaths recognized in Louisiana.
First time since 1928 that a natural disaster has had a death toll over 1000.Ordered yet another evacuation due to Hurricane RitaBush signs the $10.5 billion relief package after Congress passed it25,548 Army National Guard and 3,998 Air National Guard were deployed to assist victimsThe evacuation of the Superdome has been completedThe 17th Street Canal levee breach was closed with truckloads of rock and sandbagsUSCG Air & Surface Operations rescue 10,182 people in the greater New Orleans areaUSCG Air & Surface Operations rescue 342 people in the greater New Orleans areaannounced a "zero access" policy with regards to the media, in order to prevent members of the media from reporting on the recovery of dead bodies in New Orleans.The federal government subsequently agreed not to attempt to restrict media coverage of events and Honoré's deputy says that the original statement referred to a policy of not allowing embedded journalists on relief operationsIllinois police officers on loan to Louisiana were sent out with flat bottomed boats to rescue hundreds of frozen embryos from New Orleans Lakewood Hospital's Fertility InstitutePresident Bush addresses and outlines many of the steps that the federal government was taking to provide assistance and relief
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