Here is a roundup of Hurricane Katrina's continuing impact on the Gulf Coast and Florida:
By Associated Press
Published August 31, 2005
LOUISIANA
DEATHS: The toll is unknown at this point. Rescue boats are having to bypass the dead so they can save people from rising floodwaters. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people may still be stuck on roofs and in attics.
FLOODING: After two levees broke Tuesday, water began rising in the streets of New Orleans, swamping an estimated 80 percent of the city and forcing the evacuation of hotels and hospitals. The storm also broke a major water main, leaving the city without drinkable water.
POWER: Some 370,000 customers are without power in southeast Louisiana. Authorities said it could be two months before electricity is restored to everyone.
LOOTING: New Orleans police have made several arrests.
ROADS: The interstates are impassable, the bridges may be unstable and no one knows if the buildings can withstand the damage brought by Katrina, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said after flying over the region.
MISSISSIPPI
DEATHS: There have been as many as 100 deaths so far, according to state officials. That includes about 50 people in coastal Harrison County, with about 30 of those at one beachside apartment complex in Biloxi.
POWER: At least 800,000 customers statewide are without power.
CASINOS: The casinos that dot the coastline are closed. Emergency officials had reports of water reaching the third floors of some of the barge-mounted casinos.
FLOODING: The storm swept sailboats onto city streets in Gulfport and obliterated hundreds of waterfront homes, businesses, community landmarks and condominiums.
ALABAMA
DEATHS: At least two are reported.
POWER: About 718,000 homes and businesses without electricity.
FLOODING: Floodwaters reached 11 feet in Mobile, matching a record set in 1917. Water was up to the roofs of cars in downtown Mobile and bayou communities. Piers were ransacked and grand homes flooded along Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay.
ROADS: A major bridge over the Mobile River was closed after it was struck by an oil drilling platform that floated away from a shipyard.
FLORIDA
DEATHS: The state says 11 people died when the storm struck Miami-Dade and Broward counties last Thursday.
POWER: About 117,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Panhandle. The tally was higher in South Florida, where about 150,000 customers still don't have electricity.
AGRICULTURE: Farmers and nurseries may not have products to sell for a year or more because of the damage to Miami-Dade County agriculture. Early estimates put losses at $427-million in the state's top nursery county.
ROADS: The Interstate 10 Escambia Bay Bridge, the Three mile Bridge from Pensacola to Gulf Breeze, the Garcon Point Bridge and the Navarre Beach Bridge were closed Tuesday. The U.S. 98 bridge across Pensacola Bay reopened Tuesday night.
GULF OF MEXICO
OIL: The storm shut down oil and natural gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico that account for about 8 percent of U.S. refining capacity, or about 1-million barrels. Federal workers are surveying ports and waterways for damage.
