Spears' hurricane trauma

Britney Spears became fraught with worry in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina hitting America's Gulf Coast, because she couldn't contact her Louisiana-based family for four days.

The Toxic singer, who was in California with her husband Kevin Federline awaiting the birth of her son Sean Preston when the disaster struck at the end of August, had to wait for power to be restored in the devastated region before hearing that her relatives were in good health.