Katrina's Death Toll Climbs Past 1,000

[Kadie]

Katrina's Death Toll Climbs Past 1,000

By ADAM NOSSITER, Associated Press Writer
29 minutes ago



NEW ORLEANS - Searchers smashed through doors in New Orleans on Wednesday, bringing their hunt for the dead to homes that had been locked and to blocks hardest hit by Katrina's flooding. Behind those doors, officials said they expected a sharply escalating body count even as the overall death toll passed 1,000.

"There still could be quite a few, especially in the deepest flooded areas," said U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jeffrey Pettitt, who is overseeing the retrieval of bodies. "Some of the houses, they haven't been in yet." Officials said searchers are beginning to find more children.

The death toll in Louisiana stood at 799 on Wednesday, an increase of 153 bodies since the weekend and nearly 80 percent of the 1,036 deaths attributed to Hurricane Katrina across the Gulf Coast region. Pettitt and other officials would not speculate on what the final tally could be. They said the effort could last another four to six weeks

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. they have to keep it under 3000

this is politics

[davidwparker]

2. 1000 that can be proved. You know it has to be higher than that.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. I hope all these recovery people get the proper counseling

They will need it for years. Bless them all.