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Gustav Remains Dangerous, Jindal Warns

Posted Sep 2, 08 12:29 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Hurricane Gustav is a tropical depression once more but it is still a “very serious storm,” Gov. Bobby Jindal said today. “We're not quite at halftime,” he cautioned, noting the massive power outages, tornadoes, and heavy rains plaguing the state. “There is a lot, lot more work ahead of us.” Evacuees will have to wait to return home, USA Today reports.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin agreed, telling evacuees to stay evacuated. “Every system—sewer, water, drainage—is on backup power,” he said, but promised it would be “days, not weeks” before they could return. But in shelters, restlessness reigns, the AP reports. “People are desperate,” said one evacuee. “They don't know if they are going to have a place to go home to.”

Sources USA Today, Associated Press

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An unidentified railroad worker inspects a section of road and railroad tracks that washed out as a result of Hurricane Gustav at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Hurricane Gustav evacuees wait for gas and the opportunity to return home at a gas station in Slidell, La., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, right, and President Bush's hurricane recovery chief, Douglas O'Dell announce an extension of a federal loan to rebuild New Orleans' levees, Aug. 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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