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Naomi King Staff Writer HOUMA — A lack of money for repairs has kept two of Houma’s gyms closed since Hurricane Gustav more than a year ago, recreation officials said.
PASCAGOULA (AP) — Emergency officials in Mississippi’s easternmost coastal county urged residents of low-lying and flood-prone areas, along with those living in mobile homes, to seek shelter Monday ahead of Tropical Storm Ida.
Tropical Storm Ida came ashore near Mobile Bay in southern Alabama early Tuesday with top sustained winds around 45 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's center first touched land on Dauphin Island and was headed for the Alabama mainland later Tuesday morning.
Published: Nov 18, 2009 - UPDATED: 1:23 p.m. The Baton Rouge area saw 555 homes sold in October, up from 532 that month the year before, though the gain likely stemmed from depressed 2008 numbers related to Hurricane Gustav.
Some Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday while others ventured outside to watch the approach of a rare late-season tropical storm that brought the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.