Katrina death toll still a question - Yahoo! News
Katrina death toll still a question - Yahoo! News: "Rescuers plucked thousands more from streets, levees, roads and rooftops. At least 32,000 were rescued and another 70,000 were evacuated from New Orleans after the storm, according to official figures.
But some feared thousands were trapped in attics and would succumb to the water or the heat. But rescuers later found many damaged roofs where residents chopped through with axes, encouraging those hoping the toll will be lower than expected.
In Mississippi Gulf towns, there is little stench of death compared to devastated regions of Indonesia after the tsunami.
In the rural areas east of St. Bernard Parish, some bodies will never be found because alligators will have taken them away, locals said."
But some feared thousands were trapped in attics and would succumb to the water or the heat. But rescuers later found many damaged roofs where residents chopped through with axes, encouraging those hoping the toll will be lower than expected.
In Mississippi Gulf towns, there is little stench of death compared to devastated regions of Indonesia after the tsunami.
In the rural areas east of St. Bernard Parish, some bodies will never be found because alligators will have taken them away, locals said."
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