Floodwaters in Slidell, La., can’t stop neighbors Chuck Miller and Johnny Sontag from barbecuing. At the height of the hurricane, the water was chest-high, Sontag said. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A flooded street along a canal in Slidell, La. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Police officers try to navigate a flooded street in Covington, La., where rising water prompted a mandatory evacuation. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Residents of Covington, La., start leaving after rising floodwaters prompted a mandatory evacuation order. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A couple in their 70s died and two others were injured after a giant oak tree fell onto this house in Baton Rouge, La. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Two customers leave Home Depot in Baton Rouge, La., with a new generator, as others wait in line. The store was only letting small groups into the store at a time. Power was out to thousands of homes in the area. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol Bourbon Street in New Orleans after Hurricane Gustav’ passed through the city. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Roberto Collarzo removes boards from an upscale apartment complex on St. Charles Street in New Orleans a day after Hurricane Gustav moved through the city. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
With Gustav gone, Khonesamouth Vongdara waits for customers to return to Monty’s Restaurant in the French Quarter. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Hurricane Gustav evacuees Fabiola Ribeiro, left, and her mother, Cassia Ribeiro, with their dog Nina, wait for gas at a station in Slidell, La., and the opportunity to return home. (Eric Gay / Associated Press)
Debra Peterson comforts her granddaughters as they wait in their car in Slidell, La. They had evacuated New Orleans to escape Hurricane Gustav . (Eric Gay / Associated Press)
