Thousands feared drowned in New Orleans
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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.
米南部でハリケーン被害
米南部で起きたハリケーンによる被害は過去100年で最悪の可能性があり、数千人が溺死したと見られる。
Shukan ST: Sept. 9, 2005
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