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The category five hurricane that swept through the South caused massive flooding that lead to thousands of drowning death as well as many more suffering from disease and dehydration as the flood waters slowly receded from the city. Photo © Matt McDermott
An estimated 80% of New Orleans was under water, in the days following the storm. Photo © Matt McDermott
An AmeriCares grant supported the construction of this day care facility in Pass Christian. Photo © Fletcher Watton
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Photo © Michael Sofronski
Displaced New Orleans residents sit with nowhere to go, outside the convention center. Photo © Matt McDermott
AmeriCares Free Clinics mobile health unit arrived in Baton Rouge on September 12 to provide much-needed primary healthcare services. Photo © Joseph Blackburn
A mother feeds her child. Photo © Matt McDermott
Ten months after Hurricane Katrina, this mother and daughter are living in a FEMA trailer park. Photo © Chet Gordon
AmeriCares emergency response team sent immediate aid to Louisiana and Mississippi and later to surrounding areas. Photo © Michael Sofronski
AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer helps unload supplies. Photo © Michael Sofronski
AmeriCares relief workers Brian Hoyer and Kathleen Oldaker deliver medicines. Photo © Michael Sofronski
Nearly a year after Katrina, residents and volunteers smile in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. An AmeriCares grant enabled a local charity to purchase new appliances for local residents. Photo © Chet Gordon
An AmeriCares grant helped purchase a portable sawmill that assists communities and landowners to salvage downed timber and clear land. Photo © Chet Gordon
A young child takes a nap on the side of the road.
These sprung structures provide temporary workspace and storage for volunteers and local organizations that are helping in the aftermath of Katrina. Photo © Joseph Blackburn
AmeriCares works with a partner, Sprung Instant Structures to provide structures for displaced residents. Photo © Joseph Blackburn
Together volunteers from Camp Coast Care put up one of the many "shotgun" houses, which will replace lost homes. An AmeriCares grant supported the purchase of much needed construction materials. Photo © Chet Gordon
Volunteers from around the U.S., like those seen here help rebuild homes destroyed by Katrina. Photo © Chet Gordon
