Louisiana wary as Gustav moves inland

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) - Hurricane Gustav blew ashore Monday at Cocodrie, Louisiana, and though the slightly weakened storm appeared to produce no immediate major damage, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin warned that the area was "not out of the woods yet."

At noon (1 p.m. ET), the storm's eye was about 10 miles southeast of Morgan City, and 65 miles west-southwest of New Orleans, forecasters said. Morgan City, Thibodeaux and Houma were getting hit hard as Gustav moved northwest at about 15 mph.

Nagin said at midday that he had received no reports of major damage, but there still were storm surges, flooding and the risk of tornadoes. He said officials should know more about Gustav's impact about 3 p.m. (4 p.m. ET), when the worst of the storm surge is to occur.

"It's been very quiet. Thank God we got most of our citizens out," he said.

Nearly 2 million people were evacuated from the city by Sunday night.