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"Complete devastation" spreads across Gulf Coast
By Seattle Times news services



You could call Biloxi, Miss., ground zero — except that there was little ground to be had.

Much of the town was underwater last night, including its famed waterfront casinos.

The same scene played out in varying degrees all along the Gulf Coast — from New Orleans to Pensacola, Fla. — after Hurricane Katrina stormed ashore yesterday with 145-mph winds.

At least 55 people were killed, with the bulk of the deaths at an apartment complex in Biloxi. Three other people were killed by falling trees in Mississippi and two died in a traffic accident in Alabama, authorities said.

Federal disaster officials warned that an assessment of the devastation would take time and could rival Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm that ravaged South Florida in 1992 and was the costliest in U.S. history.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002456662_katrina30.html
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