BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC staff and news service reports
updated 11:49 a.m. ET Sept. 1, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Gustav crashed into the all-but-deserted Louisiana coast on Monday as the storm's eye came ashore southwest of vulnerable New Orleans.
The Category 2 hurricane is expected to decrease in strength as it moves over Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.
However, NBC News correspondent Mark Potter reported that the punishing winds and rain water has topped the west side of the Industrial Canal barrier in New Orleans.
Evacuees who heeded days of warnings to get out watched television coverage from shelters and hotel rooms hundreds of miles away, praying the powerful Category 2 storm and its 115-mph winds would pass without the exacting Katrina’s toll.
Tiga tahun yang lepas (2005), ditempat yang sama di New Orleans telah dilanda oleh `Hurricane Category 3 Katrina.' Dan hari ini dilanda oleh Hurricane Gustave Category 2 pula. Sudah pasti analisis demi analisis telah dilakukan terhadap bencana ini. Apa pun, George Bush, Presiden Amerika Syarikat telah dikecam dengan hebatnya kerana lambat menghulur bantuan bagi mangsa Katrina yang menyebabkan penurunan image nya sebagai seorang pemimpin yang tidak boleh diharap kerana mengutamakan peperangan di Iraq ketika itu.
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