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Официально в Новом Орлеане погибли 196 человек, неофициально - до 10 тысяч
В одном из дальних районов погруженного в хаос Нового Орлеана в местный морг в течение двух последних суток доставлено 196 тел погибших, сообщил в интервью газете Washington Post глава местного отделения агентства по чрезвычайным ситуациям новоорлеанского района Джефферсон париш Уолтер Маестри.

"Многие из них - утопленники, некоторые были раздавлены упавшими деревьями, некоторые погибли от удара летящих обломков", - сказал Маестри. Это первая официально подтвержденная цифра жертв урагана Katrina по Новому Орлеану.

Ранее власти штата Миссисипи сообщили, что по состоянию на конец дня в пятницу число подтвержденных жертв урагана в Миссисипи составило 147 человек. Общее число официально подтвержденных погибших в штатах Луизиана и Миссисипи составило уже 343 человека, передает РИА "Новости".

В то же время, представители властей пострадавших штатов заявляют, что число жертв может составить десятки тысяч.



Officially, 196 people have been lost in New Orleans, Unofficially, up to 10 thousand
In one of the distant regions submerged in the chaos of New Orleans in a local morgue during the past 2 days 196 dead bodies were delivered, the Washington Post news paper announced in an interview with the head local agency branch, according to an extreme situation of the New Orleans region Jefferson parish Walter Maestri.

“Many of us are drowned men, some were crushed by falling trees, some were lost to chunks of flying debris,” said Maestri. It’s officially the first confirmed figure of the victims of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Earlier, authorities of the state of Mississippi said that condition at the end of the day on Friday, the number of confirmed victims of Hurricane Katrina reached 147 people. Generally, the number of officially confirmed deaths in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi has already reached 343 people, says the RIA, “News”.

Meanwhile, representatives of the authorities victims states announces that the number of victims could reach one ten thousand.

Originally Posted by Darobat

"Многие из них - утопленники, ..."

“Many of us are drowned men, ...

I would say

Many of them were drowned, ...


Sorry I can't contribute much but I cant find much wrong with the translation. Good job.

I'll just correct the meaning without worrying much about style.
It is sort of strange though: it is good but it looks much like a translation that a Russian person without much English practice would make. Are you a native English speaker?

Originally Posted by Darobat

Officially, 196 people have been lost in New Orleans, Unofficially, up to 10 thousand
In one of the distant regions of New Orleans (which is submerged in chaos ) in a local morgue during the past 2 days 196 dead bodies were delivered, the Washington Post news paper announced in an interview with the head local agency branch, according to an extreme situation of the New Orleans region Jefferson parish Walter Maestri.

From an article on the Wash Post website:
By Friday, a firm death figure emerged from one suburb of New Orleans: Jefferson Parish. An official there said the morgue had received 196 bodies within two days, including many from hard-hit Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes.

"Many of them are drownings; some of them were crushed by falling trees, some impacted by flying debris," Walter S. Maestri III, Jefferson Parish emergency manager, said in a telephone interview

Earlier, authorities of the state of Mississippi said that <S>condition</S> at the end of the day on Friday, the number of confirmed victims of Hurricane Katrina reached 147 people. <u>Generally,</u> the total number of officially confirmed deaths in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi has already reached 343 people, says the RIA, “News”.

Meanwhile, representatives of the authorities <u>victims</u> of the affected states announce that the number of victims could reach <u>one ten thousand</u> tens of thousands.

PS. Dunno how to do strikethrough here so I've underlined the parts you need to drop.

Thankyou.

I am a native english speaker, but when I translate, and what I translate doesn't make perfect sense, sometimes I find it hard to uncover the intended meaning, and then reword it so that it makes sense in English, hence it soundinging Runglishy. I understand my error though. Thanks again!