In Mississippi

KATRINA

M*A*S*H* made for peacetime

Sherry Anderson was standing outside the cluster of brown medical tents, smiling. She had just received a tetanus shot and a tube of ointment from the medics to treat a fungal infection she got helping to clean out her friend's house after it was flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Her own home, a block from the beach, had been destroyed, she said.

KATRINA

In Biloxi, many are looking ahead

More than a week after Hurricane Katrina smacked into this Gulf Coast town, the scene outside the Main Street Baptist Church resembled a surreal street fair.

KATRINA - HELP AT LAST

Aid, but little comfort

National Guardsmen finally hit the seething streets of New Orleans Friday, and efforts to clear Hurricane Katrina survivors from the uninhabitable city appeared to gain momentum. But progress was matched by new obstacles that underscored what many said was an inexcusably sluggish response by the Bush administration.

KATRINA: THE AWFUL TOLL

Fear flows along with the waters

New Orleans' mayor warned that thousands could be dead in the submerged city yesterday as fetid floodwaters continued to ooze through the streets and rescue workers adopted drastic measures to handle Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, which was proving as disastrous as the storm itself.

Death, debris in Mississippi

More than 100 people were feared dead in Mississippi alone yesterday after Hurricane Katrina left a sodden swath of destruction along the Gulf Coast, and rescue workers picking through the remnants of shattered neighborhoods warned that the toll was sure to rise.

HURRICANE KATRINA: PATH OF DESTRUCTION

Under water, overwhelmed

Hurricane Katrina killed at least 55 people as it slammed into the Gulf Coast "like a ton of bricks" yesterday, hurling boats onto highways, crumbling buildings and leaving more than a million without power in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.