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12th September, 2005
DAVID
ADAMS
Authorities now believe the death toll from Hurricane Katrina
will not be as high as initially thought with the confirmed
death toll of 400 far below initial estimates that thousands
may have been killed.
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"I
think it's going to be a lower number, much lower than the
10,000. That 10,000 was based at a time when we didn't know
what we didn't know," Army Lieutenant General Russell
Honore told CNN.
"From talking to the city officials and communicating
with the parish presidents, I think intuitively we were saying
that number will be much lower."
The
death toll officially passed 400 on Sunday with 211 confirmed
killed in Mississippi, 154 dead in Louisiana, and fatalities
in Alabama and Florida.
Around
a million people have been displaced as a result of the hurricane
with tens of thousands still living in temporary shelter.
New
Orleans , which was once home to about 450,000 people, is
now largely deserted as rescuers conduct house-to-house searches
looking for survivors and bodies. Authorities are also preparing
to spray the area to prevent the transmission of disease by
flies and mosquitoes.
US authorities have
previously said they believe the city will have to be abandoned
for as long as nine months.
WHAT
TO PRAY FOR:
•
That those who have suffered the loss of a loved one will
experience the peace found only in Jesus;
• That Christians will be granted wisdom and discernment
by God to know how best to respond to those who have experienced
such losses;
• That those in life-threatening situations will be
discovered and helped;
• That limited emergency response resources will be
used wisely;
• Protection for rescue workers and for emotional physical
strength and stamina.
Source: Christian Emergency Network
(www.christianemergencynetwork.com)
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