NBC Nightly News - 2005-08-28 (Hurricane Katrina) - 1 of 2
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[0:17] >> Hurricane Katrina. Winds over 165 m an
[0:21] hour projected to be one of the most
[0:23] powerful storms ever to hit the United
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[0:59] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[1:02] York, this is NBC Nightly News with John
[1:06] Seanthaler.
[1:07] >> Good evening everyone. Hurricane Katrina
[1:09] is about to unleash her fury on the Gulf
[1:11] Coast tonight. It could be one of the
[1:13] worst storms ever to hit the US. The
[1:15] first bands of Katrina are now blowing
[1:18] through the southern Louisiana as the
[1:20] hurricane continues on its course toward
[1:22] New Orleans. It is a dangerous category
[1:25] 5 storm with winds clocked at over 160 m
[1:28] anph. More than a million people have
[1:31] been ordered to leave their homes. We'll
[1:33] have reports from Homa, Louisiana,
[1:35] Mobile, Alabama, and we'll take a look
[1:37] at the track of this storm and the
[1:39] impact it could have on oil and gasoline
[1:41] prices. But we begin with what appears
[1:43] to be ground zero, New Orleans tonight.