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Storm evacuees stand on the side of a highway as people attempt to flee Hurricane Rita.
Rita bears down on Texas
With Hurricane Rita’s floodwaters receding, rescuers pushed deeper into hard-hit bayous to pull out residents on skiffs, crews struggled to clean up smashed homes and downed trees, and Army helicopters searched for up to 30,000 stranded cattle. Full story
Ron Heflin / AP
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