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Gulf Coast states prepare as Gustav strengthens
The Associated PressNational Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of...Tags: Bobby Jindal, Labor Day, Texas, Emergency Planning, Natural Disasters
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Tourists evacuate as Gustav grows near Jamaica
Tropical Storm Gustav surged toward hurricane force today as it drove toward Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman islands, prompting evacuations of tourists and offshore oil workers. In its wake, impoverished Haitians scrambled for food. Meanwhile, New...Tags: Energy Saving, Texas, Avalanches and Landslides, Natural Disasters, Louisiana
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Gustav turns westward, S. Fla. not in 'cone'
The Associated PressGustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Natural Disasters, Transportation, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters
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Michael Moore, your clones have arrived
They make movies that deal with unpleasant topics such as war and racism, yet are entertaining and even humorous. They're passionate, mischievously creative, politically liberal. Does this sound like "Michael Moore The Next Generation"? If so, there's a...Tags: Political Candidates, Movies, Film Festivals, Tribeca Film Festival, Festive Event
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Parts of Virginia get a drenching
Parts of Virginia are being drenched, and a flash flood warning has been issued for Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico. The National Weather Service warning is in effect until 1:15 p.m. Thursday. The weather service says rainfall...Tags: Rockbridge County, Tropical Storms, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Bodies of Water, Virginia
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FEMA approves $15.4 million in Ill. flooding aid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $15.4 million in disaster aid to help Illinois residents and businesses recover from this summer's flooding. Federal officials on Wednesday said about 3,300 homeowners and renters from the...Tags: Condos and Houses, Disasters, Rentals, Illinois, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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DeBary residents demand solution to flooding 'fiasco'
Sentinel Staff WriterA sometimes rowdy crowd packed the DeBary City Council meeting Wednesday night demanding an explanation for why more than 130 of their homes flooded. Those who threatened lawsuits and called for the resignation of the city manager and mayor drew...Tags: Hurricane Fay, Tropical Storms, Volusia County, Trials, Litigation
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Man fatally bitten by fire ants that washed into his home
Gary Taylor and Vincent Bradshaw, Sentinel Staff WritersTropical Storm Fay continued its deadly streak when a Chuluota-area man was bitten to death by fire ants that washed into his flooded home, authorities announced Wednesday. It also caused more destruction and anxiety. The St. Johns River spilled over the...Tags: St. Johns River Water Management District, Bodies of Water, Florida, New York, Geneva (Seminole, Florida)
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CDT
A second supervisor arrested after a massive Immigration raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville has pleaded guilty to Immigration charges. Martin De La Rosa-Loera appeared in federal court on Wednesday in Cedar Rapids and pleaded guilty...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Migration, Injuries, Interior Policy, Iowa
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Gustav stalls off Haiti
Associated PressTropical Storm Gustav stalled offshore yesterday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers in the Gulf of Mexico began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned...Tags: Bobby Jindal, Labor Day, Energy Saving, Texas, Avalanches and Landslides
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Let water be water, and keep people away
Sentinel ColumnistThe bloated St. Johns River is flooding Central Florida. So this might seem an odd time to praise the bloated bureaucracy that oversees it. But that is today's topic. Government can do something right. This tale begins a long time ago, when engineers...Tags: St. Johns River Water Management District, Wetlands, Executive Branch, Florida, Natural Resource Industry
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Cubans warned about Gustav, downpours force evacuation
Havana BureauWith Tropical Storm Gustav expected to regain hurricane strength as it roars along Cuba 's southern coast, thunderstorms and related downpours forced the evacuation of hundreds of people on the island early Wednesday. Less than two weeks after Tropical...Tags: Bodies of Water, Natural Disasters, Terrorism, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters
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