World News Tonight (ABC) - 2005-08-28 (Hurricane Katrina)
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[0:00] Quick fixes for beauty blenders Monday
[0:02] at 9 on AM Northwest.
[0:07] >> From ABC News headquarters in New York,
[0:10] this is World News Tonight.
[0:13] >> Good evening. I'm Dan Harris.
[0:15] Forecasters are warning it could be a
[0:17] quote once-ina-lifetime event. Hurricane
[0:20] Katrina, a category 5 storm, the most
[0:22] powerful there is, bearing down tonight
[0:24] on the city of New Orleans. We'll be
[0:26] covering this story from several angles
[0:27] tonight. First though, a quick look at
[0:30] the today's other headlines.
[0:32] A landmark in Iraqi politics, a draft
[0:35] constitution. But some groups are
[0:37] rejecting the document. And that could
[0:39] mean more danger for US troops. Beating
[0:42] rising gas prices. Why this woman and
[0:44] 8,000 others are the only Americans able
[0:47] to pre- buy their gas at set prices. And
[0:51] 40 years after the last catastrophic
[0:53] storm to hit New Orleans, we speak with
[0:55] the survivors of Hurricane Betsy. while
[0:57] they're on the run from Katrina.
[1:02] But we begin tonight with Hurricane
[1:03] Katrina, which could be among the
[1:05] biggest storms ever to hit this country.
[1:07] It is a category 5 with winds upwards of
[1:10] 165 mph. This is the storm some have
[1:14] long feared, the one that could
[1:16] potentially devastate New Orleans, a
[1:18] city which is both below sea level and
[1:21] surrounded by water. Here's what
[1:22] President Bush had to say earlier today.
[1:25] We cannot stress enough the danger this
[1:27] hurricane poses to Gulf Coast
[1:29] communities.
[1:31] I urge all citizens to put their own
[1:33] safety and the safety of their families
[1:36] first by moving to safe ground. Tonight,
[1:39] there's a hurricane warning in effect
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