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Article: Ida fuels hurricane warning on Gulf Coast.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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By Becky Bohrer
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS
Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.
A hurricane warning extended along more than 200 miles of coastline from Pascagoula, Miss., east to Indian Pass, Fla. Tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches are in effect across other areas of southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, including New Orleans. Louisiana's governor declared a state of emergency.
Authorities said Ida could make landfall as ...