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1040:April 17,
1014:April 17,
984:April 22,
957:April 22,
930:April 22,
903:April 17,
851:April 22,
820:April 17,
790:April 22,
755:April 22,
618:Aftermath
505:Jefferson
463:Louisiana
188:Louisiana
118:Louisiana
1275:Category
1004:CBS News
845:Archived
656:See also
575:Bogalusa
465:east of
345:Unknown
269:Bogalusa
1311:Commons
1234:Florida
1119:May 19,
1092:May 19,
1066:May 17,
877:May 17,
721:May 17,
509:Orleans
414:on the
295:Map key
226:Georges
183:Florida
147:Effects
136:History
1287:Portal
537:Impact
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101:Damage
1221:Haiti
596:levee
516:. In
437:as a
431:Haiti
253:levee
168:Haiti
48:SSHWS
1226:Cuba
1121:2009
1094:2009
1068:2009
1042:2021
1016:2021
986:2009
959:2009
932:2009
905:2021
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822:2021
792:2009
757:2009
723:2009
581:and
528:and
507:and
429:and
395:and
216:The
173:Cuba
81:inHg
73:mbar
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106:USD
77:hPa
52:NWS
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