Gustav devastates smaller towns. Though Hurricane Gustav attacked southern Louisiana with far less power than Hurricane Katrina, many residents in the small fishing and shrimping towns still felt its sting. [News Source]

Barriers stood up to surge. A three-year effort to repair and strengthen New Orleans' levees — combined with some good luck — allowed the Big Easy to escape serious flooding from Hurricane Gustav, according to the government and outside experts. [News Source]

Louisiana counts cost of Gustav. Hurricane Gustav has caused major damage to the US state of Louisiana, its governor, Bobby Jindal, has said. But the worst of the storm, which has now moved inland from the Gulf coast, missed New Orleans. [News Source]

Checkpoints, power outages frustrate Gustav evacuees. While this city licked its wounds and its leaders spent the day figuring out how to return life to normal as quickly as possible, many of Louisiana's other communities remain in the dark. Literally. [News Source]

La. officials tell evacuees it’s too early to return home. Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said Tuesday that they were not ready to allow many of the 1.9 million Louisiana residents who had evacuated to return to their homes. [News Source]

Gustav evacuees still wary, and weary. For many who fled the path of hurricane Gustav, there's a sense that the worst is over. But most evacuees also have an unease that won't dissipate until they're able to unlock their own front doors and see for themselves what damage – if any – Gustav wrought in their absence. [News Source]

River Parishes officials wait for power, plan for clean up. A day after Hurricane Gustav blustered through the River Parishes, officials are attempting to assess the damage and get the government back on a regular schedule with priority one being restoring electricity to thousands of homes. [News Source]

Mooring plan under fire following Industrial Canal wreckage episode. Hurricane Gustav laid waste to a plan agreed to by the U.S. Coast Guard and a scrap company to secure vessels in the Industrial Canal during major storms. [News Source]

For Hurricane Gustav evacuees, a long slog home. The troubles pile up in St. Tammany Parish. New Orleans will allow people back into the city starting at midnight tonight, but flooding prompts new evacuations elsewhere. [News Source]

New Orleans says residents can return Thursday. A mostly smooth evacuation from Hurricane Gustav turned sour on Tuesday as many New Orleans residents trying to return home were turned away at roadblocks into the city or stranded in parking lots across the region. [News Source]

New Orleans authorities work to get 2m city residents home. Authorities on America's Gulf Coast were yesterday struggling to orchestrate the orderly return of nearly 2m evacuees to New Orleans and low-lying areas of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. [News Source]