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Galveston officials paint bleak picture after Ike (AP)
[18 mins][Galveston, TX]
Over four feet of sand is brought to the beach along the Seawall on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in Galveston, Texas, to repair  the damage caused by Hurricane Ike. According to Steve LaBlanc, the city manager of Galveston, the sand is being brought over to the Seawall from the East end of the island. In some places they are adding up to 200 feet of beach. The main concern is to protect the wood pylons beneath the concrete of the seawall.  (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Nick de la Torre )AP - Galveston officials pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday for help in rescuing their island city from the dire financial straits it finds itself in nearly four months after the devastation of Hurricane Ike.
Thousands told to flee Wash. state floods
[1 hr][Seattle, WA]
Rescue workers evacuate residents from a flooded neighborhood near Orting, Wash., on Wednesday. The rapidly rising Puyallup River forced hundreds of people in the area from their homes.Tens of  thousands of people are told to flee their homes near Seattle after severe storms brought record flooding to the Pacific Northwest. Storms also struck the South and the Northeast.

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