Seven dead, five missing in Katrina's wake

[steve2470]

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/12484403.htm


The death toll in South Florida rose to seven, a family of five was missing and South Floridians coped with widespread flooding and significant other damage as Hurricane Katrina moved into the Gulf of Mexico.

There, it strengthened into a Category 2 storm and took aim at the Florida Panhandle, with arrival expected Monday morning. The region was hit by Hurricane Ivan last year and Hurricane Dennis in early July.

''It's on its way to being a major hurricane,'' said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in west Miami-Dade County. ``This is going to be a major problem up there in the Gulf Coast.''

In South Florida, police said a drowning victim was found in Florida City and two people apparently drowned at Dinner Key's marina. Other details were not immediately available.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. I can't believe the family of 5 would go out in a boat when a hurricane

was approaching!