Katrina Death Toll Rising In New Orleans

September 22, 2005 6:02 p.m. EST
Andrea Moore - All Headline News Staff Reporter

New Orleans, LA (AHN) - Searchers in Louisiana are smashing-in doors throughout the New Orleans area looking for remains of residents trapped by Hurrican Katrina.

So far, the death count has risen to 1,036 and will likely rise even more. Officials are not speculating on what the final tally might be. They say the search effort may last up to six more weeks.

About 500 individuals are involved in the search of locked homes during the third and most intense phase of the recovery effort.

Previously, those involved in the effort were only entering homes if they saw a body or heard someone inside. Now, even a high water mark on the side of a home is enough to prompt entry, sometimes using a sledgehammer, as searchers wearing special masks work to recover bodies

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