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Gulfport Mississippi: 3/4 Of Buildings Damaged

HeadlineAug 30, 2005

The hardest hit city appears to be Gulfport Mississippi. Three of the city’s five hospitals were left without emergency rooms. Eight schools that were being used as emergency shelters lost their roofs. The city’s fire chief estimates 75 percent of the buildings in Gulfport have major roof damage or no roof left at all. We’ll have more on the hurricane in a few minutes.

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