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Isidore moved north at 13 mph and was expected to make landfall along the Louisiana coast by early Thursday. The storm’s outer bands drenched south eastern Louisiana, almost all of Mississippi, Alabama, northern Georgia and northwest ern Florida. More than two inches of rain fell by Wednesday afternoon in Gulfport and Meridian, Miss. New Orleans and Slidell in Louisiana, and Pascagoula, Miss., received more than an inch Wednesday. The storm closed roads in Gulf Shores, Ala., and rain spread north to Georgia, Tennessee and into the western Carolinas and southwestern Virginia. Showers and storms were reported along the Carolina through north Florida coastlines. Clouds from Isidore spread into the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic region. High pres sure brought partly cloudy skies and dry conditions to much of New England. In the West, clouds spread over the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa into the north western Great Lakes. Rain and storms moved east into South Dakota and Nebraska and I \ MI S 1 I)WARDk: Gary Moore Jr. delivers bottled water to a Wal-Mart sore in Gulfport. Mississippi. Wednea September 25,2002. as people stock up in preparation for Tropical Storm Isidore across Minnesota and Iowa into Wisconsin. Clouds trailed into the northeastern and cen tral Rockies. Scattered showers spread over Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. The remainder of the western and central United State* dry under partly cloudy to clear skies. The afternoon high in the lower 48 was 91 degrees in Deer Valley, Ariz. The Guitar Store > Over 100 Guitars in stock * New Guitars from s 89.99 •Used Amps, Guitars, & Bass’s Buy, Sell, Trade, & Consignment’s Located on University behind the Golden Coral 260-7262 Mold causes Farmers Insurance Co. to pull out of Texas market ‘S’T’OiVE TTtaniisikry NfiglM $2°° CROWN 8-llpm LADIES'NIGHT All Ladies get in FREE all night!! T Bar Drinks 8-11 pm ; 1 Pints & $ 2 Tap Teas all night Cheese Fries All night Kitchen open all day/all night 696-5570 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Farmers Insurance Co., the state’s second largest homeowner insurer and the target of a state lawsuit, is leaving the Texas homeowners' market and will stop renewing policies in November, a spokesman said Wednesday. The company contends it is losing hun dreds of millions of dollars in Texas in part because of an upsurge in claims for mold and water damage. The decision to pull out of the Texas market will affect about 700,000 cus tomers, the company said. The state sued Farmers in August, accus ing it of charging customers too much and engaging in deceptive trade practices. A week later, the insurance department issued a cease-and-desist order against Farmers, telling the company to stop what it called unfair pricing practices. The state also said it would seek about $150 million in restitution from Fanners customers. State officials offered to settle the cease- and-desist order this week if Fanners agreed to change the way it prices policies and pay restitution, and the insurance department said it would waive proposed penalties that could have totaled billions of dollars. But Farmers, which has denied any wrongdoing, said the conditions ordered by the state Department of Insurance would not allow the company to generate the money it needs to survive. “We have made every attempt to continue offering homeowners insurance to the people of Texas and we take this action with deep regret.” said John Hageman, Texas State Executive Director for Farmers. “We find the grounds for the Department of Insurance’s recent legal actions to be without merit.” ii We find the grounds for the Department of Insurance's recent legal actions to be hi' without merit. f* — John Hageman Texas State Executive Director for Farmers The Department of Insurance said it hoped Farmers would rethink its decision but said it would not allow Fanners to do busi ness illegally in Texas. “We will not let Farmers use its sizable market share to intimidate us,” said Executive Deputy Commissioner Karina Casari. Farmers issues about 20 percent of the te owners insurance policies in Texas. “It became clear during the past few £ that Farmers had no intention of comply with the law or treating their customers; agents fairly and honestly,” she said. Homeowners insurance rates increased for some Texas consumers by much as 2(H) percent. Insurance companies say the higherp: miums stem from the rising cost of ware related and mold-related claims, amongpy factors. — Farmers said Texas accounted lot 43 pet cent of its total underwriting losses in the fit' half of this year, even though onlyabo ut ' percent of its property and casualty prem® came from the state. Insurance has become the key issue in® gubernatorial race that pits Republican G Rick Perry against Democrat Tony Sanche. 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