Evacuees from New Orleans are being urged to stay away from the city until at least Wednesday, as the city continues to inspect roads and bridges for damage caused by Hurricane Gustav. The hurricane came ashore Monday seventy miles southwest of New Orleans. By the time it made landfall, the storm had been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane with winds as high as 110 miles per hour. In Louisiana, the storm killed at least seven people, but it was less destructive than feared. More than a million people are without power in the region. No levees were reported broken in New Orleans, though parts of the city were flooded.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal: “We still don’t know the extent of the damage. We still don’t know the extent of property damage or the impact on Louisiana’s families. I do think the state, local, federal partnership has worked well together in terms of evacuations, in terms of being prepared, but it is way too early to determine the full extent of damage in terms of the storm.”

Nearly two million residents of New Orleans and Louisiana were evacuated ahead of the hurricane. Meanwhile, forecasters say another storm, Hurricane Hanna, could hit the southeast United States by midweek. On Monday, the hurricane lashed the Bahamas with fierce winds and rain.