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An estimated 377,700 Hurricane Katrina refugees are in shelters, hotels, homes and other housing in 33 states and Washington, D.C., according to the Red Cross and state officials: TEXAS: An estimated 205,000 in shelters and homes LOUISIANA: About 54,000 in 240 shelters, 659 in special needs shelters ARKANSAS: About 50,000 in shelters, motels and homes TENNESSEE: 15,500 MISSISSIPPI: 13,262 in 104 Red Cross shelters MISSOURI: Nearly 6,100 in homes, hotels and church camps FLORIDA: 3,472 in 48 shelters ALABAMA: 2,183 in shelters; 660 in hotels; 116 in state parks; more in homes KENTUCKY: 116 at Murray camp in western...

Geneva Natsios says 1 million could die if aid cannot reach them Describing Darfur in the Republic of Sudan as "the most serious humanitarian crisis in the world today," USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios warned June 3 that close to a million people could die if conditions do not allow humanitarian aid to reach the victims rapidly. "We estimate right now if we get relief in we will lose a third of a million people. And if we don't, the death rates could be dramatically higher, approaching a million people," Natsios said. "These people have no way of supporting themselves,...