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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Why Hurricane Gustav Didn't Become a Monster


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Hurricane Gustav nears the Louisiana coast on September 1, 2008, in a false-color satellite image.

The storm's passage over Cuba combined with upper-level winds intervened to keep it from becoming a monster hurricane that would have devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, experts said Tuesday.

Photograph from Associated Press/Handout