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Gustav weakens over Louisiana
Tuesday 02 September 2008
Hurricane Gustav was downgraded to a tropical depression as it faded out over Louisiana. Relieved residents are preparing to return to New Orleans after fears that Gustav would be a strong as hurricane Katrina prompted the city's evacuation.
Tuesday 02 September 2008
By AFP (text) / E.Saint-Martin and N.King (video)Hurricane Gustav has weakened to a tropical depression as it blows across Louisiana after having ripped through the Caribbean as a powerful storm, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday.
"Surface observations over Louisiana indicate that Gustav has weakened below tropical storm strength," the hurricane center in Miami reported on its website.
The storm slammed ashore Monday morning as a Category Two hurricane packing winds of 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour but Gustav has steadily weakened overland. By Monday evening it had been downgraded to a tropical storm as strong winds subsided.
"The threat from Gustav has shifted to heavy rains and the associated inland flooding," the center said.
The storm was headed for eastern Texas later Tuesday, forecasters said.
At least seven deaths were blamed on Gustav, Louisiana officials told US media, bringing the storm toll to more than 100 dead after it battered the Caribbean for days.
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IN THE FIELD
"The worst is over for New Orleans" N.King reports. 02/09 6:30 am (GMT+2)
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INTERVIEW
"The people have got out of danger" Peter Teahen, spokesman for the American Red Cross 01/09 2pm (GMT+2)
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STAYING PUT
Some New Orleans residents have decided to stay. Report by FRANCE 24's Nathan King and E. Saint-Martin.
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IN THE FIELD
"Authorities estimate that eighty percent of 350,000 have evacuated." - FRANCE 24's Nathan King in the French Quarter in New Orleans, 01/09/08, 7 a.m. (GMT +2)
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REPORT
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How hurricanes are formed
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MAYOR RAY NAGIN'S MESSAGE
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01/09/2008 18:25:30 Alert a moderator
Flood prevention systems
By Ben - US
your video showing the flood prevention systems gives a taste of what coastal shores and coastlines are going to look like more and more in hurricane areas: totally disfigured!
01/09/2008 17:25:13 Alert a moderator
gustav
By Anonyme joseph walker - sherborne dorset uk
As usual we give all these names to hurricanes,amazing how the word oil is associated with disasters .is that to justify the price increase to the morons in the western society..
01/09/2008 15:16:03 Alert a moderator
Solution to Horricane disasters!
By Desmond Osokpor - Nigeria, Warri
One Factor that determines the stability of Human community is having a an environment free of disasters . The comfortability of humanity has been greatly abused by some human ideas such as drilling and mounting of power plants and lots more. this has contributed to a poor and week lava which eventually leads to this dissasters.
Pls I want such illegal contribution to human instability to stop. Lets work together to sustain our environmment.
Great!
01/09/2008 08:51:23 Alert a moderator
How can they not see it ? ! ?
By Robert Andrews - Born in USA - Living in Spain
I think it's incredible that people continue to say that Global Warming doesn't exist, or that it's always been around. YES, it has, but not to the extent that we've seen over the past ten years. If you haven't seen the movie,
check out Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" Also read the France24 article that came out today about the Kayak trip to the North Pole: http://tinyurl.com/6ovhks is a short link that you can use to go directly to the article.
31/08/2008 19:55:09 Alert a moderator
Nawlins
By Anonyme - UK Londres
Is New Orleans going to be the first city to be abandoned as a result of (natural) global waming?