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The East Coast continued to clean up after Hurricane Gloria, and most government and utility officials said they had no estimate of the damage, although some early figures exceeded $47 million. Seven more deaths were attributed to the storm, bringing to 16 the number of people believed killed. About 1 million utility customers remained without power in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New Hampshire and North Carolina.
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