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Company says it could take weeks to restore Gulf Coast power

Three days after Hurricane Gustav came ashore on the Gulf Coast, nearly 829,000 households were still without electricity, power company officials said Thursday, warning that power may be restored slowly in the hardest-hit areas.

Time.com: Relief in New Orleans; Punishment in Baton Rouge

The path of Hurricane Gustav offered New Orleans a reprieve, but 80 miles away where utilities say the devastation was the worst they have ever seen, the storm offered nothing but punishment

Louisiana governor: Speed up power grid repairs

The governor of hurricane-battered Louisiana said Wednesday that the prospect of some areas of the state being without electricity for weeks, as power company officials have warned, is unacceptable.

Louisianans can return to powerless homes

New Orleans residents can begin returning to their homes on Thursday, Mayor Ray Nagin said Tuesday night, but he urged them to be aware of the hardships they will face.

Time.com: Oil Plunges as Gustav Dissipates

Oil prices plunged Tuesday, falling to within sight of $100 a barrel a day after Hurricane Gustav tore through the Gulf of Mexico but appeared to spare oil and gas installations of massive damage

Time.com: New Orleans: The Ones Who Stayed

A bar owner won't be among the thousands streaming back into the city, which was spared the worst of Gustav

Gustav evacuees urged to stay away

Hurricane Gustav didn't pack the wallop of Katrina three years earlier, officials said Monday, but they urged almost 2 million evacuees to stay away from the Gulf Coast for another day.

Hunkered down iReporter: 'It's a very scary situation'

Megan Arseneaux awoke Monday to Hurricane Gustav's extreme winds whipping leaves and other debris across her backyard.

Louisianan worries about what he left behind as he flees Gustav

Roberto Ascencio has lived in the New Orleans area for 30 years, 28 of them on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.

New Orleans residents get out of town as Gustav looms

As New Orleans officials detailed plans for an evacuation that could be called over the weekend, some residents weren't waiting to be told to leave.

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