Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 5:00 i te ahiahi (te wā ki te rawhiti), i kī te National Hurricane Center, ko te hau o Gustav i eke ki te 150 maero i te haora, ā, e neke ana ki te raki-raki i te 15 maero i te haora. Kua whakairihia ngā mataaratanga me ngā whakatūpato mai i Te Tairāwhiti o Texas tae noa ki Mississippi. Kua whakaritea kia eke ki tētahi wāhi i Louisiana hei te Rātū. Mai i te 5pm, he kaha ake a Gustav i te awhiowhio i te tau 2005 Hurricane Katrina
i mate ai neke atu i te 1,500 tangata i Louisiana.