NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Gustav steamed toward the Louisiana coast early Monday on track to hit west of New Orleans as the few remaining in the city watched nervously and hoped levees only partly reinforced in the three years since Katrina would hold.· Hurricane Center | Get Severe Weather Text Alerts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama’s community colleges are serving another purpose and sheltering people who are getting away from Hurricane Gustav.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Governor Bob Riley says President Bush has approved his request for disaster assistance in response to Hurricane Gustav.

PERDIDO KEY, Fla. - A man with a bra draped over his head danced into the night as waves churned up by Hurricane Gustav lashed the beach just yards away.

HOUSTON —Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production Saturday as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav churned toward the petroleum-rich waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

MOBILE, Ala. - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has issued a mandatory evacuation order for some coastal areas of Mobile and Baldwin counties, effective at 7 a.m., in response to Hurricane Gustav.

HAVANA - Hurricane Gustav roared into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after destroying homes and roads in Cuba, and the mayor of New Orleans ordered residents to flee the “storm of the century” by morning.
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The storm is likely to change the course of the Republican convention scheduled to open Monday in St. Paul.

NEW ORLEANS - Spooked by predictions that Hurricane Gustav could grow into a Category 5 monster, an estimated 1 million residents fled the Gulf Coast Saturday — well ahead of the official order to get out of the way of a storm taking dead aim at Louisiana.
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Gov. Bob Riley says coastal Alabama residents should be aware of Hurricane Gustav’s track and have an evacuation plan ready if the powerful storm shifts to the east, increasing increase its threat to the state.

WASHINGTON - President Bush, confronted with the prospect of a second monster hurricane striking the still-battered Gulf Coast, checked in with governors and federal officials Saturday to make sure Washington was doing all it can.