CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2005-08-24 - Katrina
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[0:00] Hello, I'm John Roberts, and welcome to
[0:01] the CBS Evening News online edition.
[0:04] Just ahead, tracking Tropical Storm
[0:06] Katrina. Mark Strassmann will have the
[0:08] latest for us on the storm's position,
[0:10] and the forecast as to where it's going
[0:12] to go. And we'll have the inside story
[0:15] of the near miraculous escape by an
[0:16] American couple from that Peruvian jet
[0:18] crash. And what happens to some towns
[0:21] when military bases close? You might be
[0:24] surprised.
[0:25] It's all starting now on the CBS Evening
[0:27] News online edition.
[0:30] And Bob is off tonight. Hurricane
[0:32] watches are up tonight along the
[0:34] Atlantic coast of Florida. Katrina, the
[0:36] 11th tropical storm of the season, is
[0:38] heading for landfall there within 36
[0:41] hours, and likely as a hurricane.
[0:44] It could dump well over a foot of rain,
[0:46] and it could be a one-two tropical punch
[0:49] with a second landfall on the Gulf
[0:51] Coast.
[0:52] Mark Strassmann, in Miami, has the
[0:53] latest.
[0:56] >> Floridians are not just storm-weary, but
[0:58] hurricane-haggard. And who could blame
[1:00] them? Last year