Hurricane Katrina: The Headlines Tell The Story

Some of the headlines capturing the depth of the devastation:

CRISIS BUILDS IN NEW ORLEANS -- USA Today

OUR TSUNAMI -- NY Post

DAMAGE TO ECONOMY IS DEEP AND WIDE - NY Times business section

PANIC DRIVES GAS PRICES, TEMPERS UP -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

and then:

NEW ORLEANS' NIGHTMARE GROWS -- USA Today

HELP US -- NY Post

CHAOS GROWS IN NEW ORLEANS -- USA Today

NEW ORLEANS IN DESPERATION AND CHAOS -- LA Times

And then:

DESPAIR AND LAWLESSNESS GRIP NEW ORLEANS AS THOUSANDS REMAIN STRANDED IN SQUALOR -- NY Times

ANGER, ANARCHY IN NEW ORLEANS -- USA Today

VIOLENCE, CHAOS MARK EXODUS FROM NEW ORLEANS -- WaPo

NO FOOD, WATER. JUST CHAOS, FEAR. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution`

WORLD STUNNED AS US STRUGGLES WITH KATRINA -- Reuters

And now:

RELIEF TRICKLES INTO NEW ORLEANS -- USA Today

DOME EFFORTS STALL, FIRES ERUPT -- USA Today

EMPTY, RUINED AND DESPERATE -- Guardian UK

NEW ORLEANS BEGINS COUNTING ITS DEAD -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY -- Time magazine

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? -- Time magazine

A NATIONAL DISGRACE -- NY Daily News