Reply #46: Over 50 Evacuees Have Died in TX

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Over 50 Katrina evacuees have died in TX
Sep 14, 2005, 11:50 AM


HOUSTON (AP) - Medical examiners says at least 53 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the New Orleans area have died since coming to Texas.

In Harris County, which includes Houston, most of the 35 deaths were from natural causes, including several heart attacks and complications from cancer. Two refugees killed themselves since an estimated 240-thousand Gulf Coast residents fled to Texas because of the August 29th storm.

There was one dead fetus, and ages of the adult dead ranged from 20 to 104. Many were elderly living in hospitals, hospice centers and nursing homes.

A 71-year-old man from New Orleans died inside the mass shelter at the Astrodome, and a 90-year-old woman died in the stadium parking lot.


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http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3849680&nav=EyAz...