CBS Evening News - Hurricane Opal - 1995-10-05
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[0:26] Death, damage, and deluge in the Florida
[0:28] Panhandle in the aftermath of Opal, one
[0:31] of the most powerful hurricanes of the
[0:33] century. American forces get ready to
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[0:55] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:59] Rather.
[1:00] Good evening. Hurricane Opal is just a
[1:02] memory and distant rain tonight, but all
[1:05] along the southern Gulf Coast of the
[1:07] United States, it is a very bad memory
[1:10] with reminders everywhere you look. This
[1:12] is how the Florida Panhandle looked from
[1:14] the air this morning after an overnight
[1:16] assault from one of the most powerful
[1:18] and dangerous storms in years. Its
[1:21] highest winds topped 150 mph. The
[1:25] hurricane is blamed now for at least 11
[1:27] deaths in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and
[1:29] the Carolinas. Damage in Florida alone
[1:32] is estimated in the billions of dollars,
[1:34] making Opal the third costliest
[1:36] hurricane in Florida's history behind
[1:39] Andrew and Hugo. We begin our coverage
[1:41] tonight with CBS News correspondent
[1:43] Scott Pelley reporting from Fort Walton
[1:45] Beach, Florida. Scott.
[1:47] Dan, the residents of Florida's
[1:49] Panhandle are streaming hom