CNN.com - Thousands of deaths predicted - Sep 4, 2005

CNN.com - Thousands of deaths predicted - Sep 4, 2005: "NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Authorities have not yet been able to calculate the number of people killed in Hurricane Katrina's rampage across the Gulf Coast, but Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt told CNN on Sunday it is 'evident it's in the thousands.'

Leavitt was the first federal official to give an estimate.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin predicted Sunday that there would be that many deaths in his city alone."