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Disasters

As last refugees escape, New Orleans turns to its dead

New Orleans is turning much of its attention Sunday to gathering up and counting the dead across a ghastly landscape awash in perhaps thousands of corpses. "It is going to be about as ugly of a scene as I think you can imagine," the nation's homeland security chief warned.

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HHS secretary says death toll in the thousands

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said Sunday the death toll from Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath is in the thousands, the first time a federal official has acknowledged what many had feared.

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Minnesota to accept 5,000 evacuees; some residents aren't waiting

Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Saturday that Minnesota has told the Federal Emergency Management Agency that the state will make room for 5,000 victims of Hurricane Katrina. But some of the state's residents aren't waiting for them to arrive.

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New Orleans evacuation picks up steam, but help comes too late for untold number

Thousands more bedraggled refugees were bused to salvation Saturday, leaving the city of New Orleans to the dead and dying, the elderly and frail stranded too many days without food, water or medical care.

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Hurricane Katrina blogs

A listing of bloggers providing services during the Hurricane Katrina disaster on America's Gulf Coast.

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Events to support Katrina's victims

A calendar listing of events to raise money and supplies in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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A walk through hell

A walk through New Orleans is a walk through hell - punctuated, it must be said, by moments of grace.

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TCPT's Fred de Sam Lazaro in Biloxi

The devastation from Hurricane Katrina reaches far across the Gulf Coast. Twin Cities Public Television's Fred de Sam Lazaro is Biloxi, Mississippi, reporting for PBS. He says the devastation is extensive. All Things Considered host Tom Crann talked with him.

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