Katrina by the numbers

Path of destruction
It's estimated that there are still 250,000 cars -- the majority left inoperable by flood waters -- scattered throughout New Orleans.
Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Hurricane Katrina hit land on Aug. 29, 2005. The storm caused almost $100 billion in damage and left a 125-mile-long path of destruction that stretched from Alabama to Louisiana.

The images of Katrina's wrath are shocking. But, in some ways, it's the numbers that really express the magnitude of the devastation.

Reporter Nikki Tundel put together a numerical portrait of life 12 months after Katrina.

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