“(CNN)—Hurricane Gustav began to lash the southern Louisiana coastline early Monday as it moved closer to an expected midday landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

Forecasters warned Monday morning Gustav could stall over Louisiana and northeast Texas for several days, which would “exacerbate the threat of heavy rains and inland flooding.”

With hurricane-force winds extending 70 miles (113 kilometers) from the center, the islands and shoreline were already feeling the reach of Gustav’s fury.

Nearly all of the roughly 2 million people in coastal Louisiana and the New Orleans area had cleared out ahead of Gustav on Sunday night.”

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