Gustav leaves more than 100 dead in Caribbean
(09-02 16:31)
Officials in Louisiana blamed Hurricane Gustav for at least seven deaths after it struck the US coast, bringing the toll for the storm to more than 100 dead after it smashed through the Caribbean.
Officials quoted by US media said four people had died in accidents during evacuations and three critically ill hospital patients died as they were transferred from local medical centers.
Gustav, which weakened to a tropical storm as it passed west of New Orleans on Monday, killed 77 in Haiti, authorities in Port-au-Prince said. The death toll for the storm in the Caribbean came to 96.
A US television network later reported eight people had died in Louisiana, citing local officials.
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