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State's sheltered evacuees top 5,400

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More than 2,500 evacuees fleeing Hurricane Gustav arrived in Arkansas on Sunday night and throughout the day Monday, bringing the total number of people housed in county shelters across the state and at Fort Chaffee to more than 5,400.

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This article was published September 2, 2008 at 5:40 a.m.

Front Section, Pages 4 on 09/02/2008



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