What category is hurricane Gustav?

Question

what category is it? how hard is it hitting cuba? how hard will it hit New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast?

Answer 1

Till this moment is categorie 5

Answer 2

FEMA awaiting Gustav to grow into Category 5 storm

By JENNIFER LOVEN – 7 hours ago

Cuba braces for a hard hit from Gustav

By Ray Sanchez, Havana Bureau | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

7:52 PM EDT, August 30, 2008

Havana - Gustav assaulted western Cuba as a powerful Category 4 hurricane Saturday night as Cubans made anxious last-minute preparations to deal with the deadly storm.

Gustav already has killed at least 81 people in the Caribbean, and by 7 p.m. Saturday, the storm was churning over mainland Pinar del Rio province after pummeling the Isle of Youth after making a direct hit.

More than 240,000 people were evacuated from Pinar del Rio, Cuba's tobacco-growing region, before the storm's arrival. State media reported major flooding and wind damage to businesses on the Isle of Youth, along with numerous injuries. There were no reports of deaths. The island was without electricity and phone service most of the day.

In Cuba's capital, only a few souls could be seen braving the howling winds Saturday night. The National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County said Gustav had sustained winds of 150 mph, and Havana was expected to feel the brunt of the storm Saturday night as it moved toward the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer 3

category 4

Answer 4

I believe it hit cuba at a category 4 and is still a category 4.. But once its in the gulf coast in warmer waters it will strengthen, POSSIBLY to a category 5. My prayers are with the people who have to go through with this. God bless, and Good luck.

Answer 5

It's a category 4.

It's winds are at 150mph, and a category 5 starts at 155mph.

Answer 6

4 right now, and as it moves into the gulf they expect it to become a category 5, and weaken to a 4 just as it's hitting landfall in lousiana! ahh so scary.