Number of housing units damaged, destroyed, or inaccessible because of Katrina: 850,791
Amount committed to Katrina relief by the federal government: $85 Billion
Percentage of New Orleans' pre-Katrina residents who have returned to the city: Approximately 40%
Number of Katrina victims still missing: 1,960
Number of lives lost in the actual hurricane and subsequent floods: At Least 1,836
The deadliest hurricane since Hurricane Okeechobee in 1928.
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history, with $75 billion in estimated damages.
The storm surge caused major or catastrophic damage along the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, including the cities of Mobile, Ala., Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss., and Slidell, La.
The storm surge from Katrina was 20-feet (six meters) high.
An estimated 80% of New Orleans was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places.
Number of churches, synagogues, and mosques damaged or destroyed: approximately 900
Scars from Katrina are Slow to Heal, from cbsnews.com, August 26, 2005
Video Time Line: Hurricane Katrina, (5 mins), National Geographic
What Really Happened? - The Full Story (Hurricane Katrina) (27 mins), by Steven A. Stephens (S.A.S.)
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