Private US aid pours in to help cope with Katrina - Yahoo! News

Private US aid pours in to help cope with Katrina - Yahoo! News: "Private US aid pours in to help cope with Katrina

By Caroline Drees Thu Sep 1, 6:18 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aid agencies tallied more than $90 million in private donations on Thursday as relief efforts cranked up to cope with the widespread devastation, hunger and despair caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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'We have never seen an outpouring of support like this in our existence,' said Phil Zepeda, spokesman for hunger relief group America's Second Harvest. 'It's just tremendous, and the outpouring of support just continues to come.'"