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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/scienceNews?a=8xhlRz"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?i=8xhlRz" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=rIy2CK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=rIy2CK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=RAvOfk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=RAvOfk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=3lv5Pk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=3lv5Pk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~4/380116140" height="1" width="1"/>