Long Beach: Most buildings within 200 yards of U.S. 90 disappeared . Homes and apartment complexes that lined the shore are gone .  First Baptist Church is leveled. St. Thomas Catholic Church is gone

Highway 90, looking west

St. Thomas Catholic Church.(1)

St. Thomas Catholic Church.(2)

Residents wait to get into a drug store.

Residents and military personnel shop for food in a damaged store.

Seabees search for survivors.