In total, how many deaths were attributed to Hurricane Katrina?

Question: In total, how many deaths were attributed to Hurricane Katrina!?

And where does it rank among other disaters in history in terms of fatalities and overall damage!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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A lot less than that moron mayor of New Orleans said to the press it would be!.

Worst natural disaster in terms of lives lost in the US is still the 1900 Galveston, TX hurricane!. Around 8000 dead!.

From an NOAA report - "The total number of fatalities known, as of this writing, to be either directly or indirectly related to Katrina is 1833, based on reports to date from state and local officials in five states: 1577 fatalities in Louisiana, 238 in Mississippi, 14 in Florida, 2 in Georgia, and 2 in Alabama!."

also from the report - "Katrina is surpassed by the Galveston, Texas hurricane in 1900 that claimed at least 8000 lives, and by the 1928 Lake Okeechobee, Florida hurricane with over 2500 fatalities!. If the assumption is correct that most of the Katrina-related fatalities were caused directly by the storm, then Katrina ranks as the third deadliest hurricane in the United States since 1900, and the deadliest in 77 years!. However, two hurricanes in 1893 might each have been directly responsible for more fatalities in the United States than Katrina!. One of these struck the southeastern Louisiana barrier island of Cheniere Caminanda and killed about 2000 people, while another struck Georgia and South Carolina and claimed somewhere between 1000 and 2000 lives!. As a result, Katrina ranks fourth or fifth on the list of the deadliest hurricanes on record in the United States!."Www@QuestionHome@Com