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Thousands feared drowned in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With thousands feared drowned in what could be America's deadliest natural disaster in a century, New Orleans' leaders all but surrendered the streets to floodwaters and lawlessness Aug. 28

Asked how many died, Mayor Ray Nagin said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands."

The estimate came as desperation deepened in the city, with gunfire crackling sporadically and looters roaming the streets and ransacking shops.

If the mayor's death-toll estimate holds true, it would make Katrina the nation's deadliest hurricane since 1900, when a storm in Galveston, Texas, killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people.

Floodwaters streamed into the city's streets from two levee breaks near Lake Pontchartrain a day after New Orleans thought it had escaped damage from Katrina

The floodwaters covered 80 percent of the city, in some areas 20 feet deep, in a reddish-brown soup of sewage, gasoline and garbage.

Shukan ST: Sept. 9, 2005

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World News Thousands feared drowned in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With thousands feared drowned in what could be America's deadliest natural disaster in a century, New Orleans' leaders all but surrendered the streets to floodwaters and lawlessness Aug. 28 Asked how many died, Mayor Ray Nagin said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands." The estimate came as desperation deepened in the city, with gunfire crackling sporadically and looters roaming the streets and ransacking shops. If the mayor's death-toll estimate holds true, it would make Katrina the nation's deadliest hurricane since 1900, when a storm in Galveston, Texas, killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people. Floodwaters streamed into the city's streets from two levee breaks near Lake Pontchartrain a day after New Orleans thought it had escaped damage from Katrina The floodwaters covered 80 percent of the city, in some areas 20 feet deep, in a reddish-brown soup of sewage, gasoline and garbage. Shukan ST: Sept. 9, 2005 (C) All rights reserved