Hurricane Katrina Photographs - Mississippi Coast

Effects of storm surge

Nearly every coastal home was destroyed

Highway 90 bridge

The only remains of a church

Highway 90 bridge

Highway 90 bridge

Buildings once two rows back from the bay

Remains of a minature golf course

The surge reached 30 feet

Gravestones moved by the surge

Two rows of building next to the bay disappeared

Survivor tree

Derlict VA Hospital

Beach house remains

Hope failed

Gutted house

Highway 90 bridge

Lifestyle of the rich and displaced

Half a mile from the beach

Monument to the storm

The bank vault survived, but the bank did not

Stairway to nowhere

Surge effects a mile from the ocean

Building gutted by the surge

Highway 90 bridge

Building gutted by the surge

One of thousands of stumps

The thank you wall