Hurricane Gustav blows GOP convention off course
ST. PAUL, Minn._ Republicans on Sunday dramatically changed the tenor and schedule of the party's national convention, canceling all opening day business Monday except for routine matters, as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf Coast. | 08/31/08 20:23:03 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Meet the last man on the last bus out of New Orleans
Roger Klotzbier rushed through the bus terminal in downtown New Orleans, escorted by one Louisiana National Guard soldier as a half dozen others looked on. By then, after two days of frantic activity ushering thousands of people out of town, Klotzbier was the last passenger on the last bus of the day. And he almost didn't come. | 08/31/08 22:39:59 By - Chris Adams
New Orleans is abandoned as Hurricane Gustav takes aim
New Orleans was all but empty as hundreds of thousands of people fled the U.S. Gulf coast in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav's arrival early Monday afternoon. Bush canceled plans to attend the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and Republican officials revamped their plans for the event. Forcasters said weather conditions would keep the storm's intensity below Category 4, but dangerous nonetheless. | 08/31/08 20:22:36 By - Marc Caputo, Chris Adams and Evan S. Benn
New Orleans evacuation breathtaking in its scope
More than 200,000 people fled the city in 12 hours, taking to cars, buses, planes, trains and even choppers in a mass exodus that stood in stark contrast to the botched and lackadaisical evacuation before Katrina swamped the city in 2005. | 08/31/08 20:18:06 By - Marc Caputo
Pets getting priority this time as city empties for Gustav
Three years after pet owners were reduced to tears while being forced to leave their dogs and cats in neighborhoods ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, emergency response officials are taking extraordinary care to ensure animal safety during Hurricane Gustav. | 08/31/08 20:11:46 By - Alex Branch
Tropical Storm Hanna closes in on the Bahamas
With all eyes on Gustav, another tropic storm was pushing its way across the Atlantic. Hanna was a little ragged, forecasters said, and there was little agreement on where it would go. Some models suggest the Carolinas, others Cuba. | 08/31/08 19:13:30 By - Evan S. Benn
One man remains unperturbed as Gustav approaches
Even as the city and state around him scrambled for cover, even as his neighbors one by one sped away from town, Sebastian Gerosa remained unperturbed Sunday about the impending arrival of Hurricane Gustav. With the city deathly quiet — most people had long since evacuated — Gerosa spent a hazy afternoon edging his lawn. | 08/31/08 19:11:59 By - Chris Adams
GOP cancels convention festivities as Gustav roars in
Republicans on Sunday dramatically changed the tenor and schedule of their party's national convention here this week as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf Coast. President Bush canceled his speech and John McCain toured an emergency operations center in Mississippi. Convention planners said delegates would be asked to participate in public service events. | 08/31/08 16:59:22 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Cuba: Gustav is worst storm to hit the island in 50 years
Authorities called the storm damage the worst since 1956. Wind gusts of 212-mph registered in the city of Paso Real de San Diego were the highest in Cuba's history, according to the provincial newspaper, the Guerrillero. Winds were so strong that the weather station instruments broke. | 08/31/08 16:11:46 By -
McCain heads to Gulf as GOP hopes to bury Katrina images
The Republican response to the approach of Gustav stands in stark contrast to the way Bush and Cheney responded to Katrina three years ago, when Bush went to Arizona and California as New Orleans flooded. The president's handling of Katrina helped send his job approval ratings into the mid-30s, and he's never recovered. McCain, his wife, Cindy, and ticket-mate Sarah Palin were heading to Jackson, Miss., Sunday. | 08/31/08 13:24:19 By - David Lightman
Gustav aims for Gulf Coast; Bush to skip GOP convention
Landfall is expected during the day Monday, most likely on the Louisiana coast west of new Orleans. Hundreds of thousands of people were fleeing the coast from Mississippi to Texas. Bush and Cheney canceled their appearances at the Republican National Convention, which is scheduled to begin Monday. McCain flew to Mississippi to be briefed. The death toll in the Caribbean from the storm stood at 94. | 08/31/08 11:23:43 By - Evan S. Benn
Gustav bears down on U.S. Gulf coast as a dangerous storm
Hurricane Gustav grew into a monstrous Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds, teetering on the cusp of Category 5 strength as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico early today. A Monday afternoon landfall was likely near central Louisiana, but forecasters cautioned it was too early to rule out a threat to New Orleans. Northbound lanes out of New Orleans saw bumper-to-bumper traffic as residents fled on Saturday. | 08/31/08 01:59:18 By - Evan S. Benn
Effort to boost New Orleans' levees won't be done till 2011
Since Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been fast at work reinforcing and repairing the 325 miles of levees and floodwalls that protect New Orleans and neighboring parishes from the storm surges and flooding that accompany hurricanes. | 08/28/08 19:07:12 By - Chris Adams
Gulf Coast businesses say they're prepared for new storms
Three years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed the U.S. Gulf Coast in rapid succession, and with another potentially dangerous storm possibly arriving next week, businesses in the region say they are much better prepared this time. But insurance problems are still likely; while the number of structures insured against flood has gone up, the percentage of structures with flood protection actually has gone down. | 08/28/08 19:07:49 By - Kevin G. Hall
Gustav soaks Jamaica as U.S. Gulf coast watches warily
Gustav's winds increased to 70 mph from 45 mph overnight as it turned toward Jamaica, and forecasters now expect it to regain hurricane status today and enter the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday. The five-day forecast projects a landfall Tuesday morning somewhere from southern Texas to the Florida Panhandle. | 08/28/08 19:16:08 By - Evan S. Benn and Jacqueline Charles
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