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| Title: |
STORM SURGE FLATTENS NEIGHBORHOOD |
| Caption: |
A 7 to 8.5 m (24 to 28 ft.) storm surge from Hurricane Katrina washed away most of the houses in this Gulfport, Mississippi, neighborhood. (National Geographic Special Edition, 2005, "Katrina: Why it became a man-made disaster", pp. 12-13. Photo by Tyrone Turner © National Geographic.) |
| Keywords: |
atmosphere, hurricanes, winds, floods, flooding, oceans, storm surges |