Americans brace for Hurricane Dean

Officials in the US state of Texas are today preparing for Hurricane Dean.

Mon, 20 Aug, 2007 - 08:03

Officials in the US state of Texas are today preparing for Hurricane Dean.

Authorities passed out sandbags, evacuated inmates and opened emergency operations centres in a region still soaked from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, which caused severe flooding yesterday and at least 13 deaths from Texas to Minnesota.

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