Home>News Center>World
         
 

Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-30 07:29

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina ripped into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, battering the historic jazz city New Orleans, swamping resort towns and lowlands with a crushing surge of seawater and stranding people on rooftops, Reuters reported.

New Orleans, a bowl-shaped city that sits below sea level and has long feared catastrophic damage from a massive hurricane, took a powerful blow from Katrina's 135 mph (216 kph) winds when the storm came ashore from the Gulf of Mexico and roared along the coast into Mississippi and Alabama.

Cars sit idle on flooded streets in downtown New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina came ashore on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (AP
Cars sit idle on flooded streets in downtown New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina came ashore on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. [AP]

At least two oil rigs were adrift in the Gulf of Mexico, where Katrina raged through offshore fields as one of the strongest hurricanes on record. Fearing the worst from the 175 mph (280 kph) winds, oil companies shut down rigs and closed refineries along the coast, sending oil futures higher.

Katrina could become the most expensive storm in U.S. history, costing insurers up to $26 billion, risk analysts said.

In the city known as the birthplace of jazz, the storm shattered high-rise windows, littered the streets of the historic French Quarter with debris and tore through the roof of the Superdome football stadium, where some 10,000 people had taken shelter when authorities ordered New Orleans evacuated.

But a late turn to the east may have spared the city the worst as its levee system appeared to be holding off the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. Officials said a breach occurred in nearby St. Bernard Parish, where Katrina's eye passed and extensive damage was expected.
Page: 123



Japanese PM launches general election campaign
Katrina slams US Gulf Coast, oil rigs adrift
Japan's 6 parties square off in TV debate
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

President Hu Jintao: Gender equality crucial

 

   
 

Special grants offered to poor students

 

   
 

EU takes steps to unblock China textiles

 

   
 

Farmers sue county for illegal land use

 

   
 

Search for 123 trapped miners suspended

 

   
 

Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans

 

   
  Bush promises post-storm help for victims
   
  Sharon: Not all settlements in final deal
   
  Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans
   
  Sri Lanka PM focuses on ending civil war
   
  Musharraf warns Pakistan Islamic schools
   
  Katrina may cost insurers $25 bln
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Katrina may cost insurers $25 bln
   
Hurricane could leave 1 million homeless
   
Hurricane Katrina lands in US Florida, Killing 2
   
Hurricane Emily lashes Yucatan Peninsula
   
Mexico evacuates tourists before hurricane
   
Hurricane Dennis slams into US coast
   
Hurricane dennis roars toward gulf coast
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 99任你躁精品视频| 亚洲中文字幕在线第六区| 香蕉视频在线观看www| 欧美大黑bbb| 啪啪调教所29下拉式免费阅读 | 99精品无人区乱码在线观看| 日本xxx在线播放| 亚洲人成网7777777国产| 看免费的黄色片| 国产一级在线视频| 日本按摩xxxxx高清| 国内精品国产成人国产三级| 三级台湾电影在线| 日本簧片在线观看| 亚洲人6666成人观看| 激情另类小说区图片区视频区| 国产97人人超碰caoprom| 国产精品福利尤物youwu| 国产黄三级三·级三级| 一二三四国语在线观看视频| 日出水了特别黄的视频| 九九久久精品无码专区| 欧美日韩中文字幕在线视频| 偷自拍亚洲视频在线观看99| 翁止熄痒禁伦短文合集免费视频| 国产成人亚洲精品电影| 0urp|ay加速器| 在线观看免费av网站| 一区二区三区免费视频播放器| 日产乱码一卡二卡三免费| 五月婷婷久久综合| 欧美成人第一页| 亚洲综合色婷婷在线观看| 精品人妻中文无码av在线| 国产xxxx视频在线观看| 麻豆aⅴ精品无码一区二区| 国产精品igao视频网网址| 97人人模人人爽人人喊6| 女人让男人桶的小视频| 三级毛片在线播放| 攵女yin乱合集高h小丹|