NOLA.com: Katrina: One Year Later

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Thousands of city residents and tourists seek shelter in the Superdome as Katrina approaches. After the city floods, they remain trapped in increasingly horrific conditions. Follow the story here:

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• Timeline: Tuesday, August 30 (8/28/06)

• Timeline: Wednesday, August 31 (8/29/06)

• Timeline: Thursday, September 1 (8/30/06)

FROM ABC26

• Ceremony at the Superdome to remember Hurricane Katrina - Jon Huffman reports 08/26/2006)

REFUGE OF LAST RESORT

A five-part series from The Times-Picayune

• Part One: The scene of many magical moments in the past, the Superdome was more of a living nightmare for thousands of New Orleans residents and tourists as Hurricane Katrina bore down on the city. (8/27/06)

• Part Two: A day after Katrina makes landfall, the water mysteriously continues to rise, creating uncertainty for the rescue workers and evacuees sheltered inside the Superdome. (8/28/06)

• Part Three: As the crowd of evacuees seeking shelter in the Dome grows, so does the mayhem and frustration amid the hot, putrid air, sending what was thought to be a safe haven into disarray. (8/29/06)

• Part Four: After an ordeal fo heat and mounting discomfort, frustration, tension and stench in the Dome, the long-awaited buses finally come to the rescue of the more than 40,000 stranded . (8/30/06)

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