largest evacuation in US History

The exodus from the Louisiana coast was the largest evacuation in state history.

Hurricane Gustav is moving inland from the US Gulf coast after the worst of the storm missed New Orleans - the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Many New Orleans residents have fled, with only 10,000 left from a population of 200,000.

Tens of thousands are also reported to have left coastal Mississippi, Alabama and south-eastern Texas.

In New Orleans, a sea surge of up to 14ft (4.2m) was feared and water was clearing levees as the outer rim of the storm brought heavy rains and winds.

Waves were causing some flooding but the city's pumps were keeping up with the flow.