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The death toll from Katrina is uncertain, with reports differing by hundreds. According to the National Hurricane Center, 1,836 fatalities can be attributed to the storm: one in Kentucky, two each in Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio, 14 in Florida, 238 in Mississippi, and 1,577 in Louisiana.
The death toll was estimated at 50. In Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, one foot (0.30 m) of water swamped the Emergency Operations Center at the Hancock County courthouse, which sits 30 feet (9.1 m) above sea level. [64] Katrina also destroyed the first floor and dormitories of Saint Stanislaus College. [citation needed]
The official death toll from Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to 1,135. It had been 33 days since landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi. State-by-State death tolls: Louisiana 896, Mississippi 220, Florida 14, Alabama 2, Georgia 2, Tennessee 1.
During Hurricane Katrina, then known as the Louisiana Superdome, the arena was used as a "shelter of last resort" to the thousands unable to evacuate ... The storm's final death toll was 1,836 ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. ... Hurricane Katrina. Year: 2005. Death Toll: 1,833. Financial Impact: Estimated $161 billion. Here’s another hurricane we’re not likely to forget any time soon ...
As the center of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 1 range with frequent intense gusts. The storm surge caused approximately 23 breaches in the drainage canal and navigational canal levees and flood walls. As mandated in the Flood Control Act of 1965, responsibility for the ...
More: South Carolina Helene updates: More than 6,500 power lines damaged, death toll rises to ... including Hurricane Katrina, added that the storm devastated the area. “Since Friday, when I was ...