Katrina passes '35 Keys Hurricane in Death Toll(#5 all-time)

[drezee]

Death Toll 500+ so far....

[CronkPSU]

sadly, it very well move to number 2 by the time the waters recede

[Frank2]

That list will need to be revised, since the 1928 "Lake Okeechobee" Hurricane (No. 2 on the list) death toll was recently revised upward to between 2,500 and 3,000.

Frank

[apocalypt-flyer]

And there was Jeanne causing + 1,000 deaths in Haiti ..

[jasons2k]

Sad, truly sad.

[HURAKAN]

And there was Jeanne causing + 1,000 deaths in Haiti ..

The list only includes deadly hurricanes in the US, but for sure Jeanne has been one of the deadliest hurricanes in the Caribbean History.

[Buck]

And there was Jeanne causing + 1,000 deaths in Haiti ..

Jeanne caused 3000+.

[apocalypt-flyer]

Good god, the last official statements I read were 1,300 but that was the estimation a week after I think.

[djtil]

it doesnt look like it will get to 2....imo.

[f5]

Katrina is up there with the legendary hurricanes

[Agua]

The numbers reported are only the dead which have been positively identified. The number of bodies found is MUCH, MUCH higher. Three days after the storm, "rescue workers" were quoted as saying they had been doing nothing but pulling bodies from rubble and waterways - estimating they had ALREADY found over 1,000 bodies in Harrison County alone. A woman I work with visited the remains of her home north of Waveland a block from a cordoned area. She said refrigerated morgue trucks were going in and out for days.

[Aslkahuna]

The Death Toll from the Great Hurricane of 1780 in the Caribbean is generally pegged at 22000 while Mitch is believed to have killed around 11000. Flora in 1963 killed thousands in Haiti and Cuba.

Steve

[f5]

The Death Toll from the Great Hurricane of 1780 in the Caribbean is generally pegged at 22000 while Mitch is believed to have killed around 11000. Flora in 1963 killed thousands in Haiti and Cuba.

Steve

remember back in 1780 there was no TV.no weather channel,storm2k ect

[skysummit]

I just heard on the radio that LA is up to near 470, MS near 219, and Florida 7.

Also.....the nursing home that had 34 people in it die (all elderly) has sparked some action. According to the LA State Attorney General, there were 2 workers who abandoned these 34 people in order to save themselves. Now these 2 workers will be charged with 34 counts of homicide.

[AussieMark]

here is the revised chart on Deadliest US Hurricanes



here is the one for the Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes (It has not been updated since 1996, so Mitch and Jeanne are not on the list)

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml?

[jkt21787]

The Death Toll from the Great Hurricane of 1780 in the Caribbean is generally pegged at 22000 while Mitch is believed to have killed around 11000. Flora in 1963 killed thousands in Haiti and Cuba.

Steve

remember back in 1780 there was no TV.no weather channel,storm2k ect

Where's Captain Obvious when you need him? J/K!

[drezee]

Death toll is officially 648 now.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13592973.htm

[senorpepr]

I wonder how many will go as a direct death from Katrina. Most of the Louisiana deaths are not directly from Katrina, but rather indirectly from her because of the levee breach. Granted, the news media will look at the total number, but when it comes to the record books, only the direct Katrina deaths will be counted, which will be much lower on the above list.

[senorpepr]

I wonder how many will go as a direct death from Katrina. Most of the Louisiana deaths are not directly from Katrina, but rather indirectly from her because of the levee breach. Granted, the news media will look at the total number, but when it comes to the record books, only the direct Katrina deaths will be counted, which will be much lower on the above list.

From what I've seen there were...

4 direct deaths in Florida,
2 in Georgia,
1 in Kentucky,
252 in Louisiana,
26 in Mississippi.

So far... 285 total.

[drezee]

I wonder how many will go as a direct death from Katrina. Most of the Louisiana deaths are not directly from Katrina, but rather indirectly from her because of the levee breach. Granted, the news media will look at the total number, but when it comes to the record books, only the direct Katrina deaths will be counted, which will be much lower on the above list.

From what I've seen there were...

4 direct deaths in Florida,
2 in Georgia,
1 in Kentucky,
252 in Louisiana,
26 in Mississippi.

So far... 285 total.

Almost 200 indirect deaths in MS? seems high