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Forecasters say Hurricane Gustav has made landfall on Haiti's southwest peninsula. The fast-forming storm is sending global oil prices soaring on fears it could become 'extremely dangerous' as it approaches the Gulf of Mexico. (Aug. 26)
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Gustav hit the Isla de la Juventud south of the Cuban mainland just short of a top-scale Category 5 hurricane with screaming 140 mph winds that toppled telephone poles and fruit trees, shattered windows and leveled some homes. (Aug. 31)
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Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary. (Aug. 28)
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his vignette looks at some of the relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, which hit Louisiana. C-SPAN visited a staging area for relief supplies managed by FEMA and located in Carville, Louisiana, just south of Baton Rouge. Then we visit a site for distribution of those relief supplies in Baton Rouge and manned by members of the Louisiana National Guard.
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Footage of Hurricane Gustav at landfall from ground zero in Houma, Louisiana from TornadoVideos.net. Footage includes wind gusts to 100 mph, telephone poles breaking, and major tree damage.