Год выпуска: 2005 Автор: Editors of Time Magazine Издательство: Страниц: 144 ISBN: 1933405139
Описание
Book DescriptionDESCRIPTION: On Sept. 2, 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a "desperate S.O.S." His city, one of America?s most historic and gracious urban centers, had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Now 80% of it lay underwater, while some citizens huddled on rooftops waiting for rescue, and others turned the flooded streets into canals of anarchy. In the first decade of the 21st century, despair, disease and death had transformed a great American city into a scene of third-world privation, even as heroic rescue workers battled to save lives, restore order and aid the suffering. Now Time chronicles the story of the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history in Hurricane Katrina, An American Tragedy. Here, in stunning pictures andgripping first-hand accounts, is the terrible tale of Katrina?s deadly wrath and savage aftermath. Here is America?s Gulf Coast ? from New Orleans to Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi ? in ruins. Here are the...
