document: SQUADS of workers fanned out across storm-battered Louisiana yesterday to begin a massive rebuilding effort after Hurricane Andrew had flattened whole districts , killing two people and injuring dozens more , agencies report from Florida and New Orleans . However , local officials in Florida , hit earlier in the week by the hurricane , were critical of what they called a delay in supplying food , drinking water and other supplies for thousands of people in need . Federal emergency officials acknowledged distribution problems , Transportation Secretary Andrew Card yesterday promised ` dramatic ' improvements within 24 hours and President George Bush last night ordered troops to Florida , without specifying a number . The government estimated it would cost Dollars 20bn-Dollars 30bn to tidy and rebuild in Florida , and to care for residents displaced by the storm . Louisiana state officials said they had no overall count of storm-related injuries but initial estimates reckoned fewer than 100 . The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it was setting aside Dollars 77m to help Louisiana recover . Most of the storm 's fury was spent against sparsely populated farming communities and swampland in the state , sparing it the widespread destruction caused in Florida , where 15 people died . Official estimates in Miami reported that the hurricane had wiped out the homes of one Dade County resident in eight - a quarter of a million people . Andrew had become little more than a strong rainstorm early yesterday , moving across Mississippi state and heading for the north-eastern US . Several of Louisiana 's main industries were affected , including those of oysters and alligators . Wildlife and fisheries secretary Joe Herring estimated a 50 per cent decline in the alligator industry . The cotton and sugar-cane crops were threatened , the state agriculture department said . Most Louisiana oil refineries , however , were barely affected and deliveries of crude oil were expected to resume yesterday .
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abstractive_keyphrases: storm-related injuries