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New Orleans evacuates ahead of powerful Gustav
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-01 08:05

A man works cleaning an area of cultivation of bananas fallen, after the eye of Hurricane Gustav passes in Cienfuegos August 30, 2008. Ferocious Hurricane Gustav moved into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico on Saturday 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. [Agencies]