Tropical Storm Gustav became Hurricane Gustav on August 26, 2008. Gustav, the third hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, started as a Category 1 storm, making landfall on August 26, close to the capital Port-au-Prince.FOXNews.com: Hurricane Gustav Slams HaitiNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory The storm is held responsible for 23 deaths in Haiti.Daily Mail: New Orleans braces for Gustav to become powerful....(August 28, 2008)

Gustav eventually strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, but on September 1 the storm was downgraded to Category 2 shortly before making landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana, at 10:30 a.m. EST.National Hurricane Center: Public Advisory The storm has since passed by the city of New Orleans without doing nearly the level of damage done by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The storm then weakened into a tropical depression, but still produced rain across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory