4 Dead As Katrina Plows Through Florida

    Aug. 26, 2005
    Hurricane Katrina flooded streets, darkened homes and felled trees as it plowed across South Florida before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico early Friday.
    AP Photo/Miami Herald, Raul Rubiera
    Miami-Dade County firefighters use a thermal imaging camera to look under the rubble of the fallen overpass Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, in Miami, after Hurricane Katrina struck South Florida. No one was reported injured in the collapse of an overpass under construction onto State Road 836, according to Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue.
    Miami-Dade County firefighters use a thermal imaging camera to look under the rubble of the fallen overpass Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, in Miami, after Hurricane Katrina struck South Florida. No one was reported injured in the collapse of an overpass under construction onto State Road 836, according to Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue.

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Katrina flooded streets, darkened homes and felled trees as it plowed across South Florida before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico early Friday. Four people were killed, a family of five was missing at sea and more than a million customers were left without power.

    Weather officials said flooding was the main concern as the storm dropped up to 11

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