Gustav flooded some low-lying areas where it made landfall on Monday The mayor of New Orleans has said that nearly 200,000 residents who fled the city because of Hurricane Gustav can start coming back early on Thursday. But Ray Nagin warned that some city areas were still without power, the sewage system was damaged and hospitals had only skeleton crews. Checkpoints have also been set up to prevent residents... [read full story]
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A fishing boat washed up to the highway from a boat yard when when Hurricane Gustav hit. Photo: AP Desperate people queued for ice and food in the sweltering, powerless suburbs of New Orleans today as life returned slowly...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008, (New Orleans (US)) New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Wednesday allowed residents to return to the city, voiding a mandatory evacuation order and lifting police roadblocks more than 12 hours...
Blow me ... shrimp boat hurled into car park at Pass Christian dock, Mississippi A BRITISH couple’s honeymoon was turned into a nightmare by Gustav. SOME of the two million residents who fled New Orleans and Louisiana to...
NEW ORLEANS - As a stream of traffic queued up on the highways leading back to New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin decided Wednesday to let residents who fled hurricane Gustav back after all, with a stern warning the city was...
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