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Hurricane Ida hits southern Louisiana and Mississippi, flooding the area with storm surges; Two-thirds of Louisiana's industrial sites, including oil refineries, storage tanks and oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, lie in the path of Hurricane Ida; U.S. troops in Afghanistan race to evacuate people from the country ahead of the August 31 withdrawal deadline.
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