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New Orleans levees hold against Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav scoured rural southern Louisiana on Monday with blistering winds and dangerous storm surges, but New Orleans evaded its latest encounter with natural disaster, emerging with a strained levee system that mostly held despite a day of uncertainty.

By David Zucchino, Richard Fausset and Stephen Braun

September 2, 2008

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