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Aug. 31, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
A hurricane could blow plans to devote as much TV time to the GOP convention as to the Democrats’.
Aug. 30, 2008
World & Nation
Oil firms evacuate offshore workers. New Orleans prepares for the worst from Gustav.
Aug. 28, 2008
In a coastal town in Mississippi, some residents who lost so much in Katrina opted to stay put this time.
Sept. 3, 2008
FEMA: An article in some editions of Tuesday’s Section A about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to Hurricane Gustav quoted an official of the Army Corps of Engineers but had the wrong first name.
Sept. 4, 2008
New Orleans levees appear intact; hurricane downgraded
Sept. 2, 2008
Travel & Experiences
The Category 2 storm makes landfall with sustained winds of 110 miles an hour. New Orleans mayor says the city’s internal levees are holding.
Sept. 1, 2008
The region suffers widespread gas shortages as the Gulf Coast recovers from Gustav and Ike.
Sept. 24, 2008
Haitians were told to prepare for evacuations as Tropical Storm Gustav formed quickly in the Caribbean on a path to hit their country’s southern coast as a hurricane.
Aug. 26, 2008
Energy analysts and traders were cautiously optimistic Monday that the vital Gulf Coast oil complex had dodged a potentially devastating blow.