What is Hurricane Gustav?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Gustav | Type=hurricane | Year=2008 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hurricane_Gustav_30_Aug_2008_1605z.jpg | Image name=Gustav nearing its maximum strength while approaching southern Cuba | Formed=August 25, 2008 | Dissipated=September 4, 2008 | 1-min winds=130 | Pressure=941 | Damages=6610 | Fatalities=112 direct, 41 indirect | Areas=[[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Florida]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]] | Hurricane season=[[2008 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Gustav''' was one of 16 named storms, one of seven hurricanes, and one of five major hurricanes in the [[2008 Atlantic hurricane season]]. Hurricane Gustav form on August 25, made landfall in three countries, [[Haiti]], [[Cuba]], and the [[United States]], the storm died on September 4. Gustav caused about $6.61 Billion in damage, also 112 direct and 41 indirect deaths. == Retirement == {{seealso|List of retired Atlantic hurricane names}} In the spring of 2009 the name Gustav was retired, it was replaced by Gonzalo in 2014.<ref>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtm{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[2008 Atlantic hurricane season]] * [[List of Atlantic hurricanes]] * [[List of Atlantic hurricane seasons]] * [[List of tropical cyclones]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2008/GUSTAV.shtml? National Hurricane Center's Archive for Hurricane Gustav] {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{2008 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}} [[Category:2008 Atlantic hurricane season|Gustav]] [[Category:Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes|Gustav]] [[Category:Hurricanes in Jamaica|Gustav]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names|Gustav]]