BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) - At least 50 people were reported dead in Mississippi while Louisiana officials scrambled on Tuesday to rescue hundreds stranded by high waters after Hurricane Katrina cut a deadly swath through the U.S. Gulf coast.
The killer storm inflicted widespread, catastrophic damage along the coast as it slammed into Louisiana on Monday with 140 mile per hour winds, then swept across Mississippi, Alabama and western Florida.
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