Gustav's Fury

Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav floods a U.S. Highway 90 forcing it to be shut down between Gulfport and Biloxi Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in Gulfport, Miss. Gustav weakened slightly to a Category 2 hurricane as it made landfall near Cocodrie, La., around 9:30 a.m. Monday.

High winds churn the storm surge around the Bay St. Louis bridge as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on the Mississippi coast on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in Bay St. Louis, Miss.

A car is washed away by the storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

Dark skies and heavy seas pound Pensacola Beach, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast.

Storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods a pier as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

A young couple walks along the beach in Pensacola, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 as Hurricane Gustav moves towards the Gulf Coast.

Gustav brought driving winds to the Mississippi coast Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, along with a storm surge that flooded homes and inundated the main highways to coastal towns devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago.

Police patrol U.S. Highway 90 as storm surge moves towards the highway from the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav in Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

A man who would only give his name as Chris, drinks a beer outside a bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Gustav hit around 9:30 a.m. Monday near the Cocodrie, a low-lying community in Louisiana's Cajun country about 72 miles southwest of the Big Easy.

Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav pushes waves over US 90 in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

Philip Turner, 65, rides his bike past a boarded up business along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. Mindful of Katrina's toll in 2005, about 90 percent of residents in southern Louisiana - almost 2 million people - fled the area.

Michael Scarls of Austin, Texas walks along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. A weakened hurricane delivered punishing wind and sheets of rain to the flood-prone region.

An abandoned vehicle sits in a parking lot near U.S. 90 in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as the outer bands of Gustav approaches.

A television reporter looks at storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008.

Jeff Carr takes photos of white caps and storm surge generated from Hurricane Gustav in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

Sammy Geno, captain of a 100 foot supply boat tied up in the Theodore Industrial Canal, drives through a flooded Dauphin Island Parkway after checking on his boat in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

High water from the storm surge of Hurricane Gustav floods the parking area and marina of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1.

Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav washes over Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

With the Super Dome in the background, a down tree and branches litter a street in downtown in New Orleans, as Hurricane Gustav rolls in on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

Pedestrians walk through the French Quarter in the wind and rain as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. FEMA estimates there are about 10,000 people left in New Orleans. The rest were evacuated to safer ground.

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