From Scout:
I noticed a large increase in the most recent report of Louisiana’s Katrina death toll. They report today…
There have been 1,282 deceased victims of Hurricane Katrina from Louisiana.
So I contacted the LA Dept of Health and Hospitals: Bureau of Media & Communications dept. The increase is from 3 more bodies found and as of last week they now include the 199 out of state deaths in the total. These are deaths that occured from August 27 – October 1, 2005. The person I spoke with said that “only storm related deaths” were included in the out of state deaths. Here is a break down by state…
There also appears to be a discrepancy in the Mississippi death toll. It has been at 231 but another source has it at 238.
The total Katrina death toll now stands at…..
Louisiana…………1282
Mississippi…………231 (older # until discrepancy can be determined)
Florida……………….14
Alabama………………2
Georgia………………..2
Total……………..1531
But they are still searching 400 NOLA addresses at which they believe are more remains. There are still 1502 people missing.