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Sep 2, 2008 8:09 am US/Eastern
Gustav Continues To Weaken As It Heads North
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The forecast track for Tropical Depression Gustave as of Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 5 a.m.
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Residents of New Orleans who evacuated the Big Easy ahead of Hurricane Gustav may have to wait a few more days before they can return to their beloved city.
Gustav came ashore Monday morning nearly 72 miles southwest of New Orleans and the city's improved levee system helped avert the type of disaster that happened during Hurricane Katrina.
Early Tuesday morning Gustav was downgraded to a Tropical Depression.
At 5 a.m., the storm's center was about 135 miles northwest of LaFayette, Louisiana; latitude 31.7 north, 93.4 west. Tropical Depression Gustav, packing maximum sustained winds near 35 mph, was moving to the northwest at 10 mph. It is expected to weaken further, slow down and take a turn to the north over the next couple of days.
While New Orleans only received a glancing blow from the storm nearly 80 thousand homes remain without power after Gustav's wind damaged transmission lines and knocked 35 substations out of service. A mandatory evacuation order and curfew remain in effect. Emergency management officials say hospitals are working with skeleton crews on back up generator power and repair crews are trying to fix the damage to the city's sewer system.
Eight deaths have been attributed to the storm in the U.S. which killed at least 94 people across the Caribbean.
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