During disasters, poor people, people of color, and the elderly die in disproportionate numbers , and Katrina was no exception. Many decisions were made in the days leading up to and shortly after Katrina that amplified loss of life for these groups. read more
No One Knows How Many People Died in Katrina Numbers don't agree. The lowest confirmed death toll shows a catastrophic hurricane that was likely even more deadly. read more
Several thousand people died during Katrina and its aftermath, but the death count would have been much higher if New Orleanians had treated the storm as they had the dozens of other preceding it. The vast majority of the people did what they were supposed to do. The ones that didn’t suffered. read more