In Plaquemines Parish, a levee was in danger of collapse, and officials scrambled to fortify it. Roofs were torn from homes, trees toppled and roads flooded. More than 1 million homes were without power. And the extent of any damage to the oil and gas industry was unclear. But the biggest fear — that...

Oil futures turned lower Monday in electronic trading as weather models showed little sign Hurricane Gustav would strengthen before making landfall later in the day on the U.S. Gulf Coast. “No significant change in strength is likely before landfall,” the National Hurricane Center in Miami...

Hurricane Gustav lashed the Louisiana coast on Monday with pounding rain and heavy winds, posing the biggest threat to the New Orleans area since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Gustav was expected to make landfall before midday as a Category 3 hurricane, but its outer bands were already...

Hurricane Gustav is forecast to make landfall later today in Haiti and may enter the Gulf of Mexico, home to more than a fifth of U.S. oil production. Gustav’s sustained winds strengthened to 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory just before...

Tropical Storm Gustav formed in the central Caribbean, and is heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti as a Hurricane. Hurricane warnings were issued for parts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Monday as tropical storm Gustav churned toward the island on a path that may also take it over Cuba,...