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New Orleans levees hold as Gustav winds down

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm by late Monday after crashing into the Louisiana coast and menacing New Orleans, where rebuilt levees managed to hold floodwaters out of the city devastated by Katrina three years earlier.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=K8mXQL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=K8mXQL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=TQK5Kl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=TQK5Kl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=S7FGol"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=S7FGol" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/environment/~4/380895245" height="1" width="1"/>