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Nearly two million flee Hurricane Gustav

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Nearly two million people fled the Louisiana coast on Sunday as Hurricane Gustav moved within hours of striking land, possibly with a weaker punch than 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/domesticNews?a=xQA1mY"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/domesticNews?i=xQA1mY" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=bFHgXK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=bFHgXK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=K03ghk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=K03ghk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=GNicHk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=GNicHk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/domesticNews/~4/379917572" height="1" width="1"/>