Retrospective: A decade of hurricanes (19 images)

NOP97072002-19 JULY 1997 - NEW ORLEANS, LA., USA: A Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality agent photographs damage at the Buras, La., marina, July 19, after Hurricane Danny passed over the area July 18. UPI aj/A.J. Sisco

NOP98092703 - BEST OF 1998 - 27 SEPTEMBER 1998 - NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA: Stephanie Kearny and Jamison Stubbs watch as the rising waters of Lake Pontchartrain crash into the Coast Guard Station at New Orleans, in the background, as Hurricane Georges makes its way toward the Gulf Coasts, September 27. UPI aj/wy/A.J. Sisco

NOP98092806 - 28 SEPTEMBER 98 - NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA: A structure associated with a fishing camp is the only one left standing. High waves and severely choppy surf generated by Hurricane Georges in Lake Pontchartrain destroyed nearly a hundred other buildings in the area even though Hurrican Georges did not directly hit New Orleans, September 28. UPI iw/aj/A.J. Sisco

LAP98110601 - 06 NOVEMBER 1998 - .LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: Hundreds of volunteers whose family members are now suffering the wrath of Hurricane Mitch box up food donations in a spontaeous effort, November 5, in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot. Churches, shops and schools througout Southern California have become makeshift relief centers, collecting food, clothing, medicine and building materials to be airlifted this week to Central America. Los Angeles is home to hundreds of thousands of residents who have relatives in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. UPI jr/wy/Jim Ruymen