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Hurricane Slams Into Gulf

Hurricane Slams Into Gulf Coast; Flooding Feared - New York Times (New York Times)
BEAUMONT, Tex., Sept. 24 - Hurricane Rita, with an eye 20 miles wide and wind gusts of almost 150 miles per hour, slammed into the Gulf Coast before dawn today, causing far less damage than officials had feared but raising new concerns that its torrential rain and storm surges would cause widespread flooding across much of the region.

FEMA awaiting dawn to assess Rita's damage (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was "ready to move in" but awaiting the light of dawn to assess damage done by Hurricane Rita as it crashed ashore on the Texas-Louisiana border.

Refineries See Some Damage, Dodge Bullet (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane Rita smacked a key region for oil-refining with less force than feared on Saturday, although there were some early signs of damage.

Hurricane hit US coast, leaves widespread damage (Channel NewsAsia)
PORT ARTHUR, Texas : Hurricane Rita pounded the US Gulf Coast Saturday, leaving widespread damage and more than one million people without power, but failing to deliver the feared repeat of Hurricane Katrina's devastation four weeks ago.

Oil industry to assess Rita's damage (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. oil industry snapped into action on Saturday to assess damage to its installations in the wake of Hurricane Rita, which hit the Gulf Coast near Sabine Pass, Texas, around daybreak.

Some signs of damage to oil refineries in wake of hurricane Rita (Canadian Business)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Hurricane Rita smacked a key region for U.S. oil-refining with less force than feared Saturday, although there were some early signs of damage.