Tropical storm Gustav races towards America

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A girl looks through a bus window as it rains. Haitians were told to prepare for evacuations as Gustav formed quickly on Monday in the Caribbean Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: A Dominican police officer rides his motorcycle through a flooded street Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Port-au-Prince , Haiti: People buy supplies at an open market in Carrefour, before Gustav approaches Photograph: Thony Belizaire/AFP

Havana, Cuba: Joggers run through flooded streets after torrential rains Photograph: Claudia Daut/Reuters

Havana, Cuba: A man makes his way through heavy rain Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Havana, Cuba: Two men push a truck in a flooded street Photograph: AFP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: People cover themselves from torrential rain Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A woman tries to clear a flooded street Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Victims of flooding receive food relief in the Cite Soleil slum area Photograph: Thony Belizaire/AFP

Leogan, Haiti: People walk through a flooded street Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Leogan, Haiti: Residents bail out water with buckets Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Leogan, Haiti: A man covers himself with a dry palm leaf as he walks through a flooded street Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: People still try to go about their daily lives through flooded streets Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: People inspect a home destroyed by flooding Photograph: Thony Belizaire/AFP

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Locals stare at the damage caused by Hurricane Gustav Photograph: Erika Santelices /AFP

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Residents stand in front of several houses destroyed by a landslide Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Relatives and friends of those killed during the passage of Hurricane Gustav identify their loved ones. The storm killed at least 23 people as it crossed the Caribbean. Photograph: Erika Santelices /AFP

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Two men carry the coffin of one of the victims of a landslide Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Gustav – the seventh named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season – moves northwest over Haiti and the Dominican Republic Photograph: AFP