We are approaching the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall on the US Gulf Coast on August 29. This is a visual data representation of many observations of the storm. Something so destructive can be made to look rather beautiful.
The recovery is still ongoing. For more, check out the Index at Five.
(First in a series today about Katrina)
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