August 29: The storm's daylong rampage claims lives and ravages property in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Gallery)

Two major flood-control levees are breached, and the National Weather Service reports "total structural failure" in parts of New Orleans.

A section of the roof of the Superdome,
where 10,000 people are taking refuge,
opens. (Full story)

Many are feared dead in flooded neighborhoods still under 20 feet of water.

Dozens dead in MI with "catastrophic damage" along the coast. 1.3 million homes and businesses in LA, MI and AL without power.

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