August 30, hundreds rescued across flooded New Orleans in wake of Hurricane Katrina

Today is Friday, August 30, the 243rd day of 2024. There are 123 days left in the year.

Today in History:

On August 30, 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina struck, flooding covered 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread, and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.

Also this date:

In 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his stranded crew members, who had survived on the barren island for four and a half months after their ship, the Endurance, sank.