Sep 03 Gustav Evacuees Return Home; Bush to Tour Hard-hit Areas By PBS News Hour The 2 million evacuees who fled the threat of Hurricane Gustav jammed roads Wednesday as many tried to return home to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. President Bush also headed to the city to survey the damage. Continue reading
Sep 02 Gulf Coast Areas Assess Damage from Gustav as More Storms Form By PBS News Hour New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told evacuees, anxious to return home following Monday's landfall of Hurricane Gustav, they should wait a few more days for authorities to assess the damage from the storm. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Hurricane Gustav Tests Gulf Coast Rebuilding, Preparedness Hurricane Gustav lashed the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Monday. Experts examine the region's preparedness for the storm, three years after Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch New Orleans Takes Measures Against Hurricane Gustav Three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, particularly New Orleans, the city's residents have once again evacuated as Hurricane Gustav hit the coast Monday. NewsHour correspondent Tom Bearden reports from New Orleans. Continue watching
Sep 01 Gustav Weakens to Category 1 as Wind, Rain Batters Gulf Coast By PBS News Hour Hurricane Gustav lashed coastal Louisiana Monday, but appeared to largely veer away from New Orleans. The storm eased to a Category 1 as it neared the Louisiana cities of New Iberia and Lafayette, the National Hurricane Center said Monday afternoon. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Handling of Hurricane Katrina Still Lingers for GOP Political analysts examine how the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is playing a role in the decision to alter the GOP convention as Hurricane Gustav threatens the Gulf Coast and how memories of the disaster could impact… Continue watching
Aug 31 McCain Suspends Bulk of Day One of Convention By PBS News Hour With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast, GOP nominee Sen. John McCain announced late Sunday that he was suspending the bulk of the first day of the Republican National Convention. Continue reading
Aug 31 New Orleans Evacuates as Hurricane Gustav Barrels Toward Gulf Coast By PBS News Hour Residents of storm-wary New Orleans scrambled to flee the city Sunday as Hurricane Gustav barreled toward the Gulf Coast, and police and National Guard troops took to the streets to patrol the city's evacuated neighborhoods. Continue reading
Aug 30 New Orleans Orders Mandatory Evacuation as Gustav Strengthens By PBS News Hour New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the mandatory evacuation of his city late Saturday as Hurricane Gustav strengthened to a Category 4 storm and moved toward the Gulf Coast, triggering an estimated 1 million residents all along the region to… Continue reading
Aug 28 Three Years After Katrina, New Orleans Braces for Another Storm By PBS News Hour Almost exactly three years after Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans, the city's residents and officials are preparing for the possible arrival of another strong storm. Continue reading