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Gustav Hurricane: Mass Evacuation
Louisiana State is in alert in the US as it waits for ferocious hurricane Gustav where it was expected to strengthen and threaten New Orleans after its 150 mile per hour (240 kph) winds cut a swath of destruction through western Cuba.
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The Category 4 storm swept across Cuba in a matter of hours and now poses a threat to Gulf oil fields on a projected path that could take it ashore near New Orleans, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. "I must tell you, this is the mother of all storms," Mayor Ray Nagin said. "You need to be concerned and you need to get your butts moving and out of New Orleans right now." Thousand of citizens are abandoning the city looking for shelters. Police department and fire brigade authorities try to help the citizens.
Hurricane Gustav disrupted Republican John McCain's convention on Sunday -- President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney opted out of attending and Republicans considered shortening the event. "There's very little doubt that we have to go from a party event to a call to the nation for action, " McCain told reporters after visiting a hurricane command center in Jackson, Miss. "I am directing program changes for beginning on Monday night's activities at our convention."
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