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Katrina: At A Glance

  • Two levee breaches send water flowing through city
  • President Bush cuts vacation short to return to Washington to monitor recovery efforts
  • Preliminary damage estimate: $26 billion
  • Martial law imposed in New Orleans
  • Crescent City Connection provides way out of city
  • Nearly 1 million Louisiana residents homeless
  • Mayor Ray Nagin: 80 percent of New Orleans is underwater. Water 20 feet deep in some places
  • Tulane Medical Center: Water rising quickly
  • More than 80 feared dead in Mississippi
  • 200 people stranded on rooftops in the Lower Ninth Ward, including 20 police officers
  • People who evacuated told NOT to come back to city
  • Preliminary reports show at least 20 buildings in the city have collapsed
  • The water is not safe to drink across New Orleans.
  • Portions of Metairie, Slidell, Kenner and Houma are virtually underwater. Rescue officials were still trying to get to people who were trapped in their homes Tuesday.
  • All public utility services are expected to remain shut down in the short term. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power.
  • President Bush promises extensive help for victims to get their "lives back in order."
  • 4,000 National Guardsmen were mobilizing in Memphis and would help patrol New Orleans streets
  • For shelter information, call 1 (800) 469-4828; Web site
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