Hurricane Gustav,satellite image. North is at top. Image obtained on 30th August 2008 at 16:06 UTC,showing Gustav,a category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of 240 kilometres per hour (km/h),making landfall on Cuba while moving west towards Louisiana (top left). On 31st August,it dropped to a category 3 level with wind speeds of 185km/h. On 1st September at 14:30 UTC (09:30 local time),the eye of Gustav made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a category 2 hurricane (175km/h). As of 1st September,97 deaths have been attributed to Gustav in the USA and Caribbean. Image from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite | |
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