Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Hurricane Katrina Hits HomeNow you see it, now you don’t—beach homes in Biloxi, Mississippi—pictured in 1998 (top) and 2005—were wiped out after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.Katrina’s storm surge reached up to 12 miles (19 kilometers) inland in MississippiNg Staff/National Geographic StockSource: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100826-hurricane-katrina-pictures-fifth-anniversary-nation-before-after/
Hurricane Katrina Hits HomeNow you see it, now you don’t—beach homes in Biloxi, Mississippi—pictured in 1998 (top) and 2005—were wiped out after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.Katrina’s storm surge reached up to 12 miles (19 kilometers) inland in MississippiNg Staff/National Geographic StockSource: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100826-hurricane-katrina-pictures-fifth-anniversary-nation-before-after/