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Hurricane-force winds slammed into oil terminals around Port Fourchon, southwest of New Orleans, as the eye of Category 2 Gustav was churning just off the Gulf shore Monday morning, according to radar.
The eye of Hurricane Gustav made landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana, about 10:30 a.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center said.

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At 4:00 AM CDT...0900 UTC...Hurricane Gustav was located near latitude 28.4º North, longitude 89.5º West or about 336 miles E of the Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory on Galveston Island.

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NASA's John C. Stennis Space Centre will close Friday, Aug. 29, at 4:30 p.m. CDT due to the approach of tropical storm Gustav, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane.

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NASA's shuttle main engine test centre closed down today in advance of Gulf-bound Hurricane Gustav and its external tank manufacturing plant in New Orleans will follow suit at midnight.
The threat to Kennedy Space Centre from Tropical Storm Hanna, meanwhile, lessened today as projected storm tracks forecast a curly-cue turn that would take the cyclone toward Cuba rather than the east coast of Florida or the Cape Canaveral area.

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Hurricane Gustav is forecast to make  landfall in Haiti
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65%
        probability for TS is 75%

    The Dominican Republic
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% currently
        probability for TS is 85% currently

    Port-au-Prince (18.4 N, 72.3 W)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 40%
        probability for TS is 75% 

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