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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry ordered state officials Tuesday to develop an improved hurricane-evacuation plan to prevent the kind of chaos and gridlock that occurred when millions of Houston-area residents tried to get out ahead of Hurricane Rita last summer.
Perry said he wanted to "learn from the lessons that Hurricane Rita taught us and make Texans safer in future mass evacuations."
"These directives focus on saving lives and reducing the vulnerability of Texans — particularly those least able to fend for themselves," the governor said in a statement.
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