clipped from: news.bbc.co.uk Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans has put the US city under curfew from sunset to dawn as Hurricane Gustav approaches.
New Orleans residents have been fleeing in their thousands after the mayor ordered the evacuation ahead of the storm's expected landfall on Monday.
Mayor Ray Nagin warned residents that trailer homes may 'become projectiles'
Roads out of the Louisiana port have been crammed with traffic.