CNN PrimeNews - 1992-08-23 - Hurricane Andrew
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:01] Apple.
[0:05] This is CNN.
[0:10] [Music]
[0:12] [Applause]
[0:15] >> We just have to take it in our stride.
[0:16] There is nothing we can do. And when the
[0:18] hurricane hits, we just have to be
[0:20] ready.
[0:21] >> All of South Florida lies in wait for
[0:24] the most powerful hurricane to come that
[0:26] way in decades. Dozens of inland
[0:28] shelters in the Sunshine State taken
[0:31] some of the 1 million people ordered to
[0:32] flee Andrew's force.
[0:39] >> This is Prime News Sunday on CNN with
[0:42] Andrea Arseno at CNN Center in Atlanta
[0:46] and David French in Washington.
[0:55] Thanks for joining us. A state of
[0:57] emergency is gripping South Florida as
[0:59] Hurricane Andrew approaches. It's
[1:01] expected to be the worst storm to hit
[1:03] that area in decades. People are
[1:05] boarding up windows and storing their
[1:07] belongings for maximum safety along
[1:09] Florida's coastal areas. More than 1
[1:12] million people living along the coasts
[1:14] have been told to evacuate. Many are in
[1:16] shelters. Time to evacuate is running
[1:19] short as stormy weather is due after
[1:21] midnight with the eye of the storm
[1:23] expected to hit about daybreak. for a
[1:26] look at what it's like in Miami. CNN's
[1:28] John Zerella joins us. He's been outside
[1:30] throughout the afternoon. John, what are
[1:32] you experiencing right now?
[1:35] >> Well, Andrea, about half an hour or so
[1:37] ago, a one of the squall lines, the
[1:39] first of the squall lines actually moved
[1:42] through here. It's gone now. We're in
[1:44] one of those periods of complete calm.
[1:47] Um, an airplane, as a matter of fact,
[1:49] flying overhead. There's lightning in
[1:50] the distance and some thunderstorms
[1:52] indicative of the early very e