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Hanna Eyes East Coast, Ike Heads Towards Gulf

FEMA Deals With Gutav Aftermath While Watching Future Storms

FEMA officials said today that groups are dividing their time between the aftermath of Gustav, while others planned for Hanna. Many evacuees are still making their way home, even without electricity.

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According to Dewayne Morris, a volunteer in rural Louisiana, Gustav hit small towns especially hard. Residents are trying to squeak by without any power to refrigerate food or air condition their homes in the steamy September heat.

"Everyone has been more than gracious and thankful, but from a lot of them all I keep hearing is: Where can I go? Where can I get food?" he told ABCNews.com. "You would not believe what a bag of ice would do for somebody. A $3 bag of ice would mean the world to people right now.

"Ice is like gold."
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