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Residents Told to Flee Fla. Coast as Storm Nears

State officials order more than a million people to evacuate Florida's east coast as Hurricane Frances heads their way. The storm is twice the size of Hurricane Charley, which battered the state three weeks ago -- and just as potent. Bobby Link of Florida Public Radio reports.

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