The mayor of New Orleans has asked the city's inhabitants still not back and wait at least until Wednesday to allow time for cleaning.
New Orleans. Nagin was satisfied by the response of the city and, above all, that finally "Gustav" is not nor "Storm of the Century", or "mother of all storms" as he himself said on Saturday, when urged to population to leave the city.
"There should be called a 'Gustav' policy as the mother or the ugly sister of all storms," Nagin said in tone and joke with a face more relaxed after verifying that the effect of the cyclone has been much less than feared.
About two million people were evacuated from the entire region of southern Louisiana.
The Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans will be opened to traffic today.
The number of deaths authorities maintained the figure of seven deaths in southern Louisiana. Four of them were patients in critical condition who died when they were evacuated from hospitals in New Orleans.
The other three people died in two incidents by falling trees.
In its passage through Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica, "Gustav" caused at least 96 deaths and major economic damage in those three countries and in Cuba, where there were no fatalities.
In an initial estimate of damage is considered that "Gustav" will have an economic impact of 10,000 million dollars, according to insurance companies.
Meanwhile, the cyclone "Gustav" is weakening rapidly and fell storm to tropical depression, heading northwest, northeast Louisiana from Texas, although still accompanied by threats of flooding.
The governor of Louisiana no 'off' alarm
The governor of Louisiana, southern U.S., Bobby Jindal, for his part warned that the emergency situation continues in that state, although the impact of hurricane "Gustav" was much smaller than had been feared.
Jindal cited in particular the situation of seriously ill patients at several hospitals in southern Louisiana who have problems with electricity generators, so the authorities could be forced to evacuate hundreds of patients.
He added that one and a half million people are without electricity and that will require several weeks to regain normalcy.
The lack of supply of gasoline may be another serious problem, according to the governor, as refineries located in the state have fuel for three days, so it asked the U.S. Department of Energy to facilitate the supply of oil reserves the country.
The platforms of extracting oil and natural gas from Gulf of Mexico and oil refineries across the region have not been very damaged and as a result oil prices fell today in all markets.
On the most significant damage, Jindal cited the towns of Terrebonne, Lafourche and St.. Mary, who received the direct impact of Hurricane Gustav. "
He added that there will be a more detailed report of damage once it has been done several tours by helicopter in the southern state.
There is also confirmed by the extent of damage in the town of Port Fourchon, seen as a key center in the supply of oil and natural gas to refineries in the area.
