Gustav Evacuation

Gulf Coast residents flee ahead of hurricane, which is expected to regain some strength overnight that may bring it to threshold of a Category 4 storm.

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This Story Evacuating... and Staying Put in New Orleans Video \| In a stark contrast to the response of Hurricane Katrina, officials in New Orleans have successfully evacuated nearly everyone in New Orleans before Hurricane Gustav strikes, although some residents of New Orleans have decided to stay put. As Gustav Nears, GOP Changes Course Opening Day Is Abbreviated; Bush, Cheney Won't Appear Hospitals Evacuating High-Risk Patients This Time, There Won't Be Cake In Cuba, Flooding But No Deaths In New Orleans, Wariness About Rebuilding Again College Students Flee New Orleans Ahead of Storm Gustav Evacuation MAP: Protection Status Maryland National Guard Helicopter Crew on Storm Duty Map: Hurricane Gustav Nears Landfall This Story Evacuees Return To Power Outages Article \| NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 -- Hundreds of thousands of Gustav evacuees began flooding back home on Wednesday to face widespread power outages, food shortages and limited medical care. La. Officials Tell Evacuees It's Too Early to Return Home No Easy Road Home New Orleans Levees Tested As Gustav Lashes Gulf Coast After an Anxious Boat Trip Home, Jubilation Jindal Presents A Face of Calm During the Storm Hanna Leaves 21 Dead in Haiti, Heads Toward U.S. Gulf Coast Recovers From Gustav Transcript: Gustav: The Day After New Orleans Notebook: In the Big Empty, a Calm After The Storm HOW TO HELP Damage in Luling Clean Up Begins Gustav Evacuees Anxious to Return Home As Gustav Strikes the French Quarter... After Gustav, Two More Storms Take Aim at U.S. Evacuating... and Staying Put in New Orleans Gustav Evacuation Two Storms Hurricane Gustav's Path Transcript: Hurricane Gustav Lands Gustav's Remnants This Story New Orleans Empties as Gustav Closes In Article \| NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 -- Mayor C. Ray Nagin on Saturday night ordered a mandatory evacuation of this city ahead of Hurricane Gustav, which swelled from an already deadly tropical storm into a monster depression with winds of more than 150 mph. GOP Is Watching Hurricane Closely In New Orleans, Wariness About Rebuilding Again College Students Flee New Orleans Ahead of Storm Maryland National Guard Helicopter Crew on Storm Duty Gustav Evacuation Hurricane Gustav Heads Toward Gulf of Mexico MAP: Protection Status Raw Video: New Orleans Marks Katrina Anniversary		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace del.icio.us NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this gallery		More on washingtonpost.com • More Photo News » washingtonpost.com
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