Gulf Coast prepares as storm Gustav approaches (AP)
Oil prices rally on threat from Tropical Storm Gustav (AFP)
Gustav threatens Caymans after swamping Jamaica (AP)
Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cuba, US (AFP)
Storm Gustav poised to become a hurricane (Reuters)
Hurricane-force winds, heavy rain hit Phoenix area (AP) AP - A series of fast-moving thunderstorms packing winds of up to 100 mph plowed through the Phoenix area, leaving tens of thousands without power, briefly shutting down the airport and ripping the roof off a brand-new college football facility. New Orleans marks Katrina anniversary as Gustav looms (Reuters)
Hurricanes: Our 5 Worst Fears (LiveScience.com) LiveScience.com - On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall in New Orleans, residents all along the U.S. coastline today cast a wary eye out to Tropical Storms Gustav and Hanna, both predicted to ramp up to hurricane strength and possibly strike the United States early next week. The 2005 season - the busiest season on r...... Oil rises to $117 on storm threat to U.S. output (Reuters)
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AP - Retail gas prices swung higher Friday — the first increase in 43 days — as analysts warned that a direct hit on U.S. energy infrastructure by Tropical Storm Gustav could send pump prices hurtling toward $5 a gallon.
AP - With a new storm threatening to cause chaos in New Orleans all over again, a horse-drawn carriage brought the last seven unclaimed bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims for entombment at a memorial site on Friday during ceremonies marking the disaster's third anniversary.
AFP - Oil prices rebounded on Friday as Tropical Storm Gustav risked becoming a hurricane once more, threatening key US energy production and refinery facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, traders said.
AP - Deadly Gustav drenched Jamaica and menaced the Cayman Islands on Friday, and on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, forecasters said for the first time there's a better-than-even chance that New Orleans will get slammed by tropical storm-force winds.
AFP - Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane after leaving up to 78 people dead in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.
Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav was expected
to strengthen in the warm Caribbean on Friday as it left
flooded Jamaica and churned toward the Cayman Islands, headed
for the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans.
Reuters - Residents of New Orleans paused on
Friday to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's
devastating blow even as another potentially deadly storm
churned their way.
Reuters - Oil rose by more than $1 to above $117 a
barrel on Friday, as Tropical Storm Gustav was poised to enter
the Gulf of Mexico, raising concerns about its impact on U.S.
offshore oil and gas output.
