Photo Gallery The Floodwaters Recede
Carlie Kahn, who decided not to evacuate, is seen standing in his front yard on Monday in Old Metairie, Louisiana. Residents of Jefferson Parish who fled from Hurricane Katrina were allowed to return home Monday for the first time since the storm.
Homes remain flooded to the rooftop in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans.
Joseph Gerdes of New Orleans, left, pleads with an officer to be allowed to remain in the city as he is evacuated by boat.
For days, thousands of people waited to be rescued at the New Orleans Superdome. Officials had to evacuate the facility because of poor sanitary conditions and fear of disease. All that's left now are mountains of trash.
Eric Leese sits on a couch in his flooded living room in Metairie, outside New Orleans, and observes the damage Katrina caused in his living room.
Eric Mayes, 23, of New Orleans, rides in the trunk of his car with four of his 10 dogs as he and his girlfriend travel toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
An unidentified man sits in the flood water underneath the Interstate 10 in New Orleans. Most of the Crescent City's residents have evacuated but some still remain and refuse to leave. Water is still high in the area and some rescuers have decided not to bring food and water to those who are determined to stay behind because they want them to leave.
Many are resorting to self-defense in the hurricane-stricken areas: To protect themselves from looters, many are carrying guns.
Refreshment after the Catastrophe: An impromptu bar in Biloxi, Mississippi offers its customers beer at the exorbitant price of $2.50 per can.
Hurricane Katrina evacuee Joseph LaCoste, of New Orleans, rests at an evacution center inside Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.
The wreckage of a helicopter which crashed Sunday is shown in this aerial view in New Orleans.
Leonard Thomas, 23, cries after a SWAT team burst into the flooded home he and his family were living in. Neighbors had reported that they were squatting in the house in the wake of Hurricane Katrina but the authorities left after his family proved they owned the house.
Salvage work: A soldier with the US Army clears rubble with a bulldozer.
