Hurricane Gustav (2008)

The system formed on the morning of 25 August 2008 about 260 miles (420 km) southeast of Port-au-Prince, strengthening to a tropical storm that afternoon and to a hurricane early on 26 August. It regained a pronounced eye as it came ashore in Haiti near Jacmel with winds of 75 mph (121 km/h). Damage and casualties were reported in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United States.

Formed (UTC)

2008-08-25

Dissipated (UTC)

2008-09-05

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

135

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2008238N13293

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic hurricane, 2008 season, haiti, cuba, caribbean, landfall

Coordinates: 26.20055897096596, -87.00055897096597

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2008 to 2016 seasons

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