Gustav continues to move inland, bringing some rain to east Texas. The storm now straddles the Texas-Louisiana border as it moves slowly to the northwest. National Weather Service meteorologist Ted Ryan says the state of Texas has been unscathed by Gustav so far, with most of the heavy rain forecast to stay in east Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.  Portions of east Texas could get between two-and-four-inches of rain, while Louisiana and Arkansas could get up to eight inches.  Ryan says the winds are dying down as the storm moves inland.  Local relief efforts for Hurricane Gustav continued to gear up Monday afternoon, as the storm rolled into the Louisiana coast. But relatively few evacuees were turning up in the St. Louis area.

By late Monday, the local chapter of the American Red Cross had not opened its
shelter at the North County Recreation Complex, waiting for word of evacuees coming to the St. Louis area by bus or train. The Red Cross heard from about 10 families who had come to St. Louis from the Gulf Coast on their own, most of whom were staying with family or friends. And it continued sending truckloads of supplies, and a handful of volunteers, to the disaster area. And Governor Blunt will send an additional 700 members of the Missouri National Guard to help with recovery efforts in Louisiana, mobilizing seven units across the state The U.S. Coast Guard district headquarters in New Orleans moved about 40 personnel to St. Louis to manage its response to Gustav via radio and computer.