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Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ida

Nov. 8, 2009
Hurricane Ida moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, prompting a declaration of emergency in Louisiana and concern along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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MIAMI, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Ida remained a tropical storm Saturday morning, but Mexican officials had the Yucatan Peninsula under a hurricane watch in case the storm strengthens.

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Hurricane Ivan moves toward Gulf Coast

MIAMI, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ivan, already blamed for 42 deaths, battered the western tip of Cuba with 160 mph winds Monday and headed for the Gulf of Mexico.

Louisiana hurricane victims return home

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Flooded homes, downed power lines and uprooted trees awaited residents of the hurricane-ravaged southern Louisiana Gulf Coast as they returned home Friday. Nearly 4,000 homes in small coastal towns such as Dulac and Montegut in Terrebonne Parish were floo

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch