Image source: NOAA/NHC.
Chronology of hurricane Gustav
Briefly become a hurricane on August 26.
Briefly become a hurricane on August 26.
Hits Haiti and the Dominican Republic - many deaths.
August 28 downgraded to a tropical storm. Impacted Jamaica.
August 29 upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane heading for SW Cuba.
August 28 downgraded to a tropical storm. Impacted Jamaica.
August 29 upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane heading for SW Cuba.
August 30 upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane and then to Category four. Heading for Isla de Juventud and La Habana in Cuba. Sadly, there were over 90 deaths in the Carribean.
August 31, after hitting Cuba, downgraded to Category 3. Mandatory evacuation in New Orleans
September 1 (Labor Day) Downgraded to Category 2. Lands in Louisiana, approx. 80 miles west of New Orleans in the morning. Downgraded to Category 1 in the afternoon and to tropical storm in the evening. Some damage (not nearly approaching the aftermath of Katrina et al), 8 deaths and millions of people without electricity. As of tonight - the levees held...
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