Jeff Cargill, left, and his brother John Cargill work to secure boards over the windows on one of the five houses their mother owns along the ocean in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sept. 16, 2003.
Jeff Cargill, left, and his brother John Cargill work to secure boards over the windows on one of the five houses their mother owns along the ocean in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sept. 16, 2003.
Manny Carrar, right, and Steve Deeney, behind the wood, load their truck with plywood in Dover, Del., Sept. 15, 2003. In addition to the wood, they bought a water pump and a few flashlights, among...
Sailors head for duty aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as it prepares to leave the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 16, 2003. The second fleet ordered 40 ships to ...
Joy Mosley, of Minneapolis, Minn., hangs on to her hat as she walks through foam created by rough surf from Hurricane Isabel on the beach in Nags Head, N.C., Sept. 16, 2003.
A surf kayaker catches a wave in the Atlantic Ocean at North Forest Beach as a shrimp trawler rolls past during high tide along the shore of Hilton Head Island, S.C., Sept. 14, 2003.
Danny Spradley watches a huge wave approach as he fishes off the Main Street Pier in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2003. A combination of high tide and swells generated by Hurricane Isabel kept ...
Cars navigate through standing water on Highway 12, Aug. 4, 2004, in Avon, N.C., on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Stretches of the road remained flooded a day after Hurricane Alex hit the area.
Christopher Smith rides in a boat after being rescued from the rising flood water from Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, La.
Tony Rodriguez, right, carries his baby daughter Nicole as they and his wife Jodi Clelland leave their flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac in Slidell, La., Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.
Hurricane Isaac and its aftermath. 109 / 116. ... A cat awaits a medical exam before being transported from the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter on September 1, 2012 on the outskirts of New Orleans ...
Hurricane Sandy slams Northeast. 56 / 76. Back image ... New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening ...
An Iraqi looter displays Iraqi bank notes he loots in a bank in downtown Baghdad, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Looters surged across Baghdad and government buildings were set on fire Thursday while U ...
Odd Truth In Pictures. 2 / 19. Back image_gallery.single.controls.next. ... at the Poria hospital in the northern Israeli town of Tiberias July 10. The fork was removed with laparoscopic surgery ...
Indian villagers wade through flood waters near Gop village in Orissa's Puri district, about 22 miles from Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011.
Indian rescue workers search for the victims from a compartment at the site of a train crash near Sardiha, West Bengal state, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Calcutta, India, early Friday ...
People walk on water logged local train tracks in Mumbai, India, Friday, July 8, 2011. Heavy rains disrupted rail and air traffic causing inconvenience to a lot of commuters in Mumbai, according ...
Indian rescue workers search for the victims from a compartment at the site of a train crash near Sardiha, West Bengal state, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Calcutta, India, early Friday ...
A man checks the engine of his water cistern truck in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, June 10, 2011. Cuba made official last month it is legalizing the sale of real estate and cars and expanding...
Tennis great Andre Agassi reacts during an interview at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Friday, July 8, 2011, in Newport, R.I. Agassi will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday.
A pedestrian takes a picture of an empty and closed Zuccotti Park in New York on Nov. 15, 2011. Police officers evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters from the park overnight.