Hurricane Gustav hits Louisiana

New Orleans: A woman walks through floodwaters on the city's lakefront Photograph: Dave Martin/Reuters

New Orleans: Flooding from Hurricane Gustav in the Rigolets Photograph: US Coast Guard/AP

New Orleans: Water fills a low area near the east side of the industrial canal Photograph: Brian Lawdermilk/AP

Lafayette: Mary Scheps surveys the damage to her home after the hurricane struck Photograph: Rick Gershon/Getty

Lafayette: Two men survey damage caused by the storm Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP

Lafayette: Local workers break down a fallen tree blocking a street Photograph: Rick Gershon/Getty

Baton Rouge: Tree branches are scattered across a street Photograph: Kathy Anderson/The Times-Picayune/AP

Monteguet: A sheriff's truck drives around fallen power lines Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP

Braithwaite: Emergency workers and volunteers from Plaquemines and St Bernard parishes work to sandbag leaking floodgates between St Bernard and the Plaquemines east bank levee Photograph: Lisa Krantz/San Antonio Express-News/AP

Belle Chase: As the sun goes down, national guardsman stack sandbags in Plaquemines parish Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP

Port Arthur: Residents fleeing Hurricane Gustav fill the Beech Street Baptist church Photograph: Tanner Spendley/Texarkana Gazette/AP