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Tropical Storm Barry strengthens, with rain to soak millions

NEW ORLEANS - Barry strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning as it neared the Louisiana coast, buffeting this fragile, low-lying region with an onslaught of water and wind that downed power lines, flooded coastal highways and trapped some residents in their homes.

Early morning, the tropical storm was offshore about 50 miles west of Morgan City, a town of 12,000 about 70 miles southwest of New Orleans, moving slowly northwest with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour.

Before dawn, nearly a dozen residents were stranded on Isle de Jean

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