Priscilla Castillo and her Chihuahua, Mickey, socialize with pal Maria Olivarez and her pooch, Chiquita, at a downtown Houston shelter, where they're...
Downtown Houston is darkened as rain begins to fall in advance of Hurricane Rita. The Category 3 storm is expected to batter the Gulf Coast on...
Kathy Garcia cuddles her baby daughter, Jennifer, who's not even a month old, at a downtown Houston shelter, where the two are taking refuge from...
Aerial view over the Eider Barrage / Eidersperrwerk at the mouth of the river Eider near Tonning on Germany's North Sea coast, Schleswig-Holstein,...
Aerial view over the Eider Barrage / Eidersperrwerk at the mouth of the river Eider near Tonning on Germany's North Sea coast, Schleswig-Holstein,...
Aerial view over the Eider Barrage / Eidersperrwerk at the mouth of the river Eider near Tonning on Germany's North Sea coast, Schleswig-Holstein,...
An Urban Search and Rescue worker searches a home for survivors of Hurricane Katrina in Waveland, Miss. Message scrawled on the door reads "I'm OK -...
Alan Garcia curls up on a pillow on the floor by his mother's feet at a downtown Houston shelter, where the family is taking refuge from Hurricane...
Doll lies in the rubble of several homes near the beach in Waveland, Miss., in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Whole sections of the tiny town were...
Karen Durham-Aguilar, director of Task Force Hope for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks about the status of New Orleans' floodwalls during a...
Tina Rodgers throws trash out a broken window while salvaging whatever she can from her aunt s house in Gulfport, Mississippi on Tuesday, September...
Robert Riedel wipes sweat from his face while salvaging whatever he can from his aunt s house in Gulfport, Mississippi on Tuesday, September 6, 2005....
Burmah Riedel surveys the damage to her aunt s house on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 while salvaging whatever she can in Gulfport, Mississippi. The...
Dole and Chiquita truck trailers pile up against a home in downtown Gulfport, Mississippi Tuesday September 6, 2005. A 28 foot storm surge resulting...
The Copa Casino, a floating casino barge, lays washed up Tuesday September 6, 2005 on the Dole shipping berth in downtown Gulfport, Mississippi. A 28...
Damage from Hurricane Katrina is pictured in downtown Gulfport, Mississippi on Tuesday September 6 a week after a 28 foot storm surge destroyed much...
Damage from Hurricane Katrina to the Port of Gulfport is pictured on Tuesday September 6, 2005 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina destroyed...
An American flag still hangs in a classroom at Harper McCaughan Elementary School Wednesday September 7, 2005 in Long Beach, Mississippi after...
John Oville, left, his wife Dottie Oville and his mother Caroline Duncan walks down their street after meeting with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney...
Vice President Dick Cheney, right center, speaks with Gulfport residents Ralph Duncan, left in green hat, Thursday, September 8, 2005 while touring...
Vice President Dick Cheney, right, along with Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr, left, meet with reporters Thursday, September 8, 2005 while touring...
Vice President Dick Cheney walks with Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr, right, Thursday, September 8 while touring devastated homes in Gulfport, Mississippi...
Crucifix near a shattered cedar tree Is draped Thursday, September 8, 2005 with an American Flag at the St. James cemetery in Gulfport, Mississippi...
Rail tank car at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery is pictured with sea weed from Hurricane Katrina storm surge draped over part of it on Friday,...
McDonald's sign damaged by the high winds and storm surge from Hurricane Katrina is pictured on Saturday, September 10, 2005 in Biloxi, Mississippi....
McDonald's sign damaged by the high winds and storm surge from Hurricane Katrina is pictured on Saturday, September 10, 2005 in Biloxi, Mississippi....
Sign damaged by the high winds and storm surge from Hurricane Katrina is pictured on Saturday, September 10, 2005 in Biloxi, Mississippi. The store...
Sign damaged by the high winds and storm surge from Hurricane Katrina is pictured on Saturday, September 10, 2005 in Biloxi, Mississippi. The store...
The PSS Chemul, a 13,000-ton PEMEX oil platform, which was moved down the Mobile River to Atlantic Marine facilities in Mobile, Alabama, is under...
Sgt. Bryan Young of the Long Beach Police Department searches the Harper McCaughan Elementary School Wednesday September 7 in Long Beach, Mississippi...
Four of the five schools in Harrison County are damaged and closed Wednesday September 7, 2005 in Long Beach, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina...
Barge sits in the middle of Camp Street in Gulfport, Mississippi, Monday, September 5, 2005. It broke loose from its buoy during a 42 foot storm...
Storm surge from the approaching Hurricane Rita topped the partially repaired levee at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday...
The water line from flood waters can be seen on a gravestone marker at a cemetery in rural St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, September 28, 2005. The...
Beach-goers walk atop an artificial sandwall exposed due to erosion following Hurrican Ike on West Beach in Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Oct....
Beach goers walk alongside an artificial sandwall exposed due to erosion following Hurrican Ike on West Beach in Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Saturday,...
Matt Goff hauls a couch to the curb outside the home of his aunt in Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of...
Beach home stands, with the unpainted portions of its exposed pylons showing the severity of beach erosion, on West Beach in Galveston, Texas, U.S.,...
Crews work to clean up and repair an area near the coast in Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of residents...
An unidentified man walks along railroad tracks parallel to the Industrial Canal in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, Friday morning,...
Storm surge from the approaching Hurricane Rita topped the partially repaired levee at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday...
Water is rising in Arabi and Chalmette from the Industrial Canal Levee on Friday, September 23, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Though this levee was...
The remnants of Murdock's Souvenir Shop stand on a pier off the shores of Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Hundreds of thousands...
David Salyer stands with a piano while wife Jennifer and daughter Cadee, 17-months, look on in the front room of their Victorian home in Galveston,...
The front steps are all that are left of a house near Shell Beach, Louisiana, September 28, 2005. The area southeast of New Orleans was almost...
