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Homes Destroyed by Katrina

Photo: Twilight view of shoreside homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina's 175-mile-per-hour (280-kilometer-per-hour) winds and storm surge damaged some seaside homes and erased others on Alabama's Dauphin Island. The island is about 68 miles (110 kilometers) east of where the eye of Katrina made landfall.

Photograph by Tyrone Turner