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LAKE CHARLES, La., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Nearly 3,000 U.S. National Guard troops were being shuffled throughout Louisiana Sunday to deal with recovery from Hurricane Rita.
Military relief commander Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said he was moving 400 troops from New Orleans to the port town of Lake Charles near the Texas border to link up with emergency response personnel. Much of Lake Charles was flooded, and the mayor is asking evacuees to stay out and for those who rode out the hurricane to adhere to a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
As well, the National Guard is shifting nearly 2,400 troops who were providing relief from Hurricane Katrina in Alabama and Mississippi to help with the response to Rita in western Louisiana and eastern Texas, CNN said.
At daybreak Sunday, officials in Vermilion Parish were set to begin searching for trapped families that did not follow mandatory evacuation orders ahead of the hurricane. Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said a parish emergency official said 250 people were rescued Saturday, but as many as 1,000 more may need help.
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