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crossed Florida before hitting Louisiana as a category 5 storm; caused storm surges as high as 26 feet (near the roof of a two-story house); caused 62 tornadoes in 8 states; overwhelmed the levee (floodwall) system in New Orleans; left refugees in the Superdome in squalid conditions without enough food or water; forced city residents to evacuate, though not everyone could; resulted in widespread crime and chaos as people fought to survive; created resentment at slow government response, often attributed to racism

A Nonfiction Account of Hurricane Katrina by Dave Eggers

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