Mandatory evacuations were in effect Saturday in Happy Town and the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area, the St.

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Mandatory evacuations will be in effect Saturday -- beginning at midnight Friday -- in Butte Larose, Happy Town and the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area, the St.

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They include the Chandeleur Islands and Gulf Islands National Seashore areas in Louisiana and Mississippi, along with the Active Delta area in Louisiana, which includes Delta Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management Area.

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Emerson's body was found with guidance from Hilton in the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area -- about 30 miles south of the Union County, Georgia, state park where she went hiking in the mountains with her dog, Ella.

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