Hurricane Isabel - CBS Evening News - 2003-09-18
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[0:02] Isabel finally here. The hurricane
[0:05] punches ashore, moves inland turning out
[0:08] the lights, shutting down the
[0:09] government, and it's not over yet. The
[0:12] latest tonight on where this still
[0:13] dangerous storm is headed and what it is
[0:15] doing.
[0:17] Also tonight, the war for Iraq. US
[0:19] troops ambushed again. Several are dead.
[0:23] Is there any break in sight?
[0:25] And how a lot of Americans got burned
[0:28] in a summer without sun and a final shot
[0:31] from a hurricane.
[0:37] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:41] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:43] headquarters in New York.
[0:45] Good evening. Hurricane Isabel is
[0:47] punishing the mid-Atlantic coast
[0:48] tonight, moving inland now with high
[0:50] wind, heavy rain, power outages, and the
[0:53] threat of spin-off tornadoes. While the
[0:56] storm's intensity is diminishing, it
[0:59] remains a very large hurricane and could
[1:02] cause serious trouble for millions of
[1:04] people besides those already affected.
[1:06] The center of Isabel came onto the
[1:09] barrier islands of North Carolina about
[1:11] midday, winds gusting over 100 miles an
[1:14] hour.
[1:15] The wind snapped power lines in North
[1:17] Carolina and Virginia and left more than
[1:19] a million homes and businesses in those
[1:21] regions without electricity. The federal
[1:24] government in Washington virtually
[1:25] closed down. President Bush left town
[1:27] before the storm hit. Isabel is now
[1:30] moving inland and moving mostly up on
[1:32] the map at a brisk 25 miles an hour.
[1:35] Floods are still likely, but the danger
[1:37] of flooding might be somewhat less
[1:39] because the system is moving so fast. A
[1:42] turn to the north-northwest would take
[1:44] Isabel across ea