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It could take weeks to restore Gulf Coast power

Three days after Hurricane Gustav came ashore on the Gulf Coast, nearly 829,000 households were still without electricity, power company officials said Thursday, warning that power may be restored slowly in the hardest-hit areas. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=02CWX1"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=02CWX1" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=m3lLTL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=m3lLTL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=7HsrbL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=7HsrbL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=0caX8l"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=0caX8l" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=2vnfmL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=2vnfmL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=R7tVyl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=R7tVyl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/383379288" height="1" width="1"/>