NBC Nightly News - 1999-09-12
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[0:00] or live radar working for you.
[0:04] >> The powerful storm called Hurricane
[0:06] Floyd already causing concern in the
[0:08] southeastern US.
[0:10] >> Expect it to get stronger and uh so you
[0:13] need to take it serious.
[0:15] >> Restoring order in East Teour.
[0:17] Indonesia's president yields to
[0:19] international pressure to let UN
[0:21] peacekeepers in. And the search for
[0:23] truth about a deadly Amtrak crash. Why
[0:26] didn't the truck driver whose rig was
[0:28] blocking the tracks move it?
[0:30] >> We just want to make sure that that uh
[0:32] we all live and learn from a from a real
[0:34] tragedy.
[0:38] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:41] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:45] by John Seanthaler.
[0:46] >> Good evening everyone. Another dangerous
[0:49] hurricane is on the horizon tonight and
[0:51] it appears to have its sights set again
[0:53] on the eastern seabboard. Hurricane
[0:55] Floyd is the fourth major hurricane of
[0:57] the season and is picking up steam.
[0:59] Tonight in the Bahamas, people are
[1:01] already beginning to feel the force of
[1:02] this storm. The latest now from NBC's
[1:04] Bob Dodson.
[1:08] Forecasters predict Hurricane Floyd
[1:10] could be near or over the Bahama Islands
[1:12] by tomorrow afternoon with winds
[1:14] exceeding 140 mph, strong enough to
[1:17] cause extensive damage. So once again,
[1:20] people are stocking up with supplies as
[1:22] far away as Miami. I guess we're brave.
[1:25] >> Today, more than 80,000 people boarded
[1:28] Florida cruise ships and set out to sail
[1:30] around the storm.
[1:31] >> We like excitement. We want to see if we
[1:33] can outrun Floyd.
[1:34] >> The man above, he take care of
[1:35] everything.
[1:36] >> They have an incentive to go sailing