|Category 4 hurricane (SSHS)| |Gustav nearing its maximum
strength while approaching southern Cuba| |Formed||August 25,
2008| |Dissipated||September 4, 2008| |Highest winds||1-minute
sustained: 155 mph (250 km/h) |Lowest pressure||941 mbar (hPa);
27.79 inHg| |Fatalities||112 direct, 41 indirect| |Damage||$6.61
billion (2008 USD)| |Areas affected||Lesser Antilles, Leeward
Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cayman Islands,
Cuba, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan| |Part of the 2008
Atlantic hurricane season| Hurricane Gustav (pron.: //) was the
second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane
season. The storm was the seventh tropical cyclone, third
hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season. Gustav
caused serious damage and casualties in Haiti, the Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United
States. Gustav caused at least $6.6 billion (2008 USD) in
damages. Gustav also triggered the largest evacuati