CNN PrimeNews - 1992-08-26 - Hurricane Andrew
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[0:00] Deep and Eagle dealer.
[0:05] >> This is CNN.
[0:10] >> Hurricane Andrew is now a memory for
[0:13] Louisiana residents, but the scars it
[0:15] carved leave many lives uprooted.
[0:19] Another showdown between Saddam Hussein
[0:21] and the Allies is set to begin. It
[0:24] appears military force is waiting in the
[0:26] wings.
[0:32] This is CNN's Prime News with Bernard
[0:35] Shaw in Washington and Cheryl Atkinson
[0:38] sitting in for Susan Brookke at the CNN
[0:40] Center in Atlanta.
[0:45] [Applause]
[0:45] [Music]
[0:47] Thanks for joining us. Hurricane Andrew
[0:49] is now classified a tropical storm, but
[0:52] for the victims of the hurricane, that
[0:54] is little consolation. 19 people died,
[0:57] hundreds of thousands are homeless, and
[0:59] the damage is estimated to be upwards
[1:01] of$15 billion dollars. In Baton Rouge,
[1:04] Louisiana, high winds caused power
[1:06] outages, destroyed homes. 4 ines of
[1:09] rainfall caused massive flooding.
[1:11] Residents of Lafayette, Louisiana came
[1:14] home today to survey the wreckage.
[1:16] Officials there say they do not know how
[1:18] many people were injured by the
[1:19] hurricane. In Morgan City, powerful
[1:22] winds shattered car windows and knocked
[1:24] down trees. But the police chief there
[1:26] says people feel lucky because there
[1:29] have been no reports of injuries or
[1:31] deaths. From Lafayette to Baton Rouge,
[1:33] Morgan City, New Orleans, and Lelass,
[1:36] people are now struggling to pick up the
[1:38] pieces and get on with their lives.
[1:41] >> In some parts of Louisiana, the night
[1:43] held more terrors than hurricane force
[1:45] winds and torrential rain. In the plaza,
[1:47] people are talking about the tornado
[1:49] that dipped out of the sky and rad
[1:51] across th