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Slideshow: Hurricane Gustav - preparation and destruction

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Gulf Coast Area Braces For Hurricane Gustav
A Louisiana National Guard vehicle passes a boarded up store front on Canal Street August 31, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. According the National Hurricane Center Gustav was downgraded to Category 3 with top winds near 125 mph early Sunday. Forecasters expected it to regain strength later in the day.
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Big sandbags
Orleans Levee District employee Sherry Hines pushes a sandbag into place while Derrick Lewis lowers it at the 17th Street Canal pumping station near Coconut Beach in New Orleans Friday August 29, 2008 in preparation for Hurricane Gustav which may make landfall in Louisiana next week. The 17th Street Canal levee was breeched after Hurricane Katrina exactly three years ago flooding the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. Tropical Storm Gustav regained hurricane strength as it churned toward Cuba Friday, leaving 78 people dead in its wake, as New Orleans began voluntary evacuations ahead of the storm's projected arrival next week.
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Overtopping
Waves break over the industrial canal levee as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall this morning as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.
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Ship and barges
A Navy ship and three barges on the industrial canal broke their moorings and drifted into a railroad bridge as Hurricane Gustav struck the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall this morning as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.
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