Katrina's Aftermath: Flood chaos in the southern United States

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An inmate is searched on Tuesday before being transported from New Orleans to a state prison outside the disaster zone.

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The elderly and sick have received first had at the New Orleans airport before being evacuated.

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Carlie Kahn, who decided not to evacuate, is seen standing in his front yard on Monday in Old Metairie, Louisiana. Residents of Jefferson Parish who fled from Hurricane Katrina were allowed to return home Monday for the first time since the storm. AP

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Eric Mayes, 23, of New Orleans, rides in the trunk of his car with four of his 10 dogs as he and his girlfriend travel toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Many are resorting to self-defense in the hurricane-stricken areas: To protect themselves from looters, many are carrying guns.

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Leonard Thomas, 23, cries after a SWAT team burst into the flooded home he and his family were living in. Neighbors had reported that they were squatting in the house in the wake of Hurricane Katrina but the authorities left after his family proved they owned the house.

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