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Lili Threatens Texas Coasts Prompt Evacuations and Prep
Hurricane Lili, a Category 4 storm with 131 to 155 mph winds and a 13 to 18 foot surge, threatened Texas coasts. Gov Perry proclaimed disaster aid, and officials deployed 200 National Guardsmen as Level One alert and evacuations spread from Jefferson and Orange counties to inland shelters. Authorities warned of 15 foot surges and 22 feet of flood risk, with Coast Guard evacuations and offshore platform shutdowns. inmates moved inland as emergency centers ready for the impact.
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Lili
George H. Brown
Orange
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Brown
Rick Perry
Texas Task Force One
Texas Division
Emergency Management
Jefferson County
Houston
Orange County
Jefferson
Texas
Carla
Audrey
Frazier
Cameron Parish
Colley
Lamar University
Beaumont
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Port Arthur
Gulf of Mexico
Oscar Ortiz
Carl Griffith
Coast Guard
Exxon Mobil Corp
Galveston
Mississippi River
Exxon
Ed Burwell
Ocean Energy Inc
Texas Corrections
Isidore
Louisiana
Fay
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Joe Allbaugh
Jerry
Bret
Kenedy County
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Laredo
Rio Grande