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New Orleans levees hold as Hurricane Gustav weakens

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday but rebuilt levees appeared to be holding surging floodwaters out of the city devastated by Katrina in 2005. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?a=8hWlMf"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?i=8hWlMf" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=7idvzL"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=7idvzL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=JzWYpl"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=JzWYpl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=ImhDdl"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=ImhDdl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~4/380892818" height="1" width="1"/>