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The storm, which had battered South Florida and parts of Cuba and Central America, brought high winds and tidal surge to the Tampa area as it headed north to make landfall.

Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Ala., as a Category 2 hurricane and moved through the Florida Panhandle, bringing flooding even as it weakened to a tropical depression.

A project to calculate the cost of raising roads shows that some places may not justify the vast expense, casting doubt on the future of those areas.

The cows, believed to have been carried out to sea when the storm hit North Carolina, have been spotted hanging out on the Outer Banks.

After Ocracoke Island, N.C., was evacuated, residents who stayed behind saw their village inundated by a storm surge. In its wake, they are taking stock of flooded homes, wrecked businesses and upended lives.

For years, there has been fierce debate over water levels at a popular lake. Senator James Inhofe, who has a vacation home there, took the matter to Washington.

Morgan City, a city of 12,000 people, may be the landing point for Tropical Storm Barry, which is predicted to turn into a Category 1 hurricane.