Hurricane Katrina~ Media Pictures:
St. Bernard Parish
The following are pictures of damage around St. Bernard Parish.
Katrina's storm surge tops the levees in St. Bernard Parish as the monster hurricane comes ashore on August 29. The resulting flood left much of the parish under water for weeks.
The above two pictures, both taken on September 3, reveals the broad expanse of flooding over St. Bernard Parish.
Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage to Coastal Louisiana's oil refineries. As a result, millions of gallons of crude oil were spilled into surrounding communities with devastating results. The picture on the left, taken on September 3, shows a refinery in St. Bernard Parish leaking oil into the nearby neighborhoods. The image on the right, taken on September 17, shows the ongoing ordeal of areas coated in oil.
By September 9, when this photo was taken, some of the floodwaters had receeded, leaving a devastated landscape covered in a thick layer of mud
This horrific image taken on September 12, shows a storm victim floating in the floodwaters of St. Bernard Parish.
After the flooding subsided, recovery of the dead began in earnest.
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