Hurricane Gustav Hits U.S. Gulf Coast

Water flows over the Industrial Canal Levee Wall as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.
Water flows over the Industrial Canal Levee Wall as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.
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In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Gustav strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast at 15:15 UTC on September 1, 2008. Gustav made landfall this morning as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Rufus Herndon watches the effects of Hurricane Gustav through the window of Kajun's Bar September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Herndon and several other patrons spent the night at the bar to avoid violating a 10 p.m. curfew. Gustav weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared the Gulf Coast. Floodwater from Hurricane Gustav overtops the Industrial Canal levee into the Upper Ninth Ward September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Soldiers from the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard rest while hunkered down inside the Morial Convention Center during Hurricane Gustav September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Morial Convention Center was where thousands of stranded Hurricane Katrina evacuees were taken. Hurricane Gustav, although still powerful, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm as it began to hit the Gulf Coast, with winds slowing to 110 miles an hour.
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