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Hurricane Season
Making history
Federal officials consider Katrina the most destructive hurricane to ever strike the United States. But Katrina will be remembered for more than the size and strength of a weather system. The wind and water that blew on shore from the Gulf of Mexico exposed weaknesses in public works and public planning. The images of suffering and loss in Louisiana and Mississippi will survive long past the rebuilding of cities and towns.

Click on the links below to learn more about the key events in the disaster.

Gallery: Scenes of destruction | Aftermath
Watch: Ripping and roaring through the Gulf
Storm surge the fatal blow for New Orleans
It's a 'new era' of hurricanes
Watch: New Orleans, the day after
Map: New Orleans levee system
Floodwaters, tensions rise in New Orleans
New Orleans braces for 'the big one'
Gallery: Citizen journalists
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Unfolding Disaster
Click through the timeline to chart Hurricane Katrina's origins over the ocean to the massive devastation on land she left behind in her wake.
Timeline

CNN TV: On the Scene
CNN correspondents describe the power of Katrina, which federal officials call the most destructive hurricane to strike the United States.
Full story



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