the aftermath of katrina

(above) A police car is submerged in New Orleans. Authorities struggled to evacuate thousands of people from the hurricane-battered city as food and water grew scarce and looters raided stores.

(above) Debris from Hurricane Katrina burns in the background of an area damaged by the hurricane in Long Beach, MS.

(above) A victim of Hurricane Katrina is evacuated by helicopter over the devastation caused by the high winds and heavy flooding in the greater New Orleans area. Eighty percent of the city was already flooded, by the mayor's estimate.

(above) An aerial photograph shows damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina in a neighborhood in Waveland, MS.

(above) New Orleans residents are evacuated by boat after floodwater continued to rise.

source: ABCNews.go.com