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Description of Progress of Hurricane Isidore
Aired September 23, 2002 - 05:02 ET
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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Forecasters are concerned that hurricane Isidore could strengthen into a major storm heading for the Gulf Coast by midweek. Isidore made landfall on the tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula yesterday and forecasters predict that storm will take a turn to the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, feeding off the Gulf's warm waters. Forecasters believe that Isidore could strengthen into a category four storm by Wednesday.
And for more on the storm, we're joined right now by Carlos Halista (ph) Gonzalez, who is the emergency administration director of Mexico's Civil Protection Office. He's on the phone from Mexico City.
Thanks for being with us this morning, sir.
Can you tell us what the situation is there?
CARLOS GONZALEZ, DIRECTOR, CIVIL PROTECTION OFFICE: Yes. Yes. At this time we have, Isidore is a category one hurricane and it is right now at the Yucatan Peninsula inside land. It is moving towards southwest and we expect it to run into the sea, into the Gulf of Mexico again in this morning. And, well, actually at this time we are seeing what the damages that the hurricane caused are. And in Kintanarah (ph) we fortunately have damages, no important damages.
And in Yucatan we're still receiving the impact of the hurricane, so maybe it will take us a little bit more some time to find out what the damages are.
CALLAWAY: I know that it dumped an incredible amount of rain, as you said, and the flooding is an issue there. Are people still being evacuated?
GONZALEZ: People are right now, in the State of Yucatan, the people are right now in shelters. We have 39 shelters distributed along the (AUDIO GAP) south of the (AUDIO GAP).
CALLAWAY: Well, Carlos...
GONZALEZ: Locations -- yes?
CALLAWAY: Carlos, you're breaking up. We're going to have to let you go.
But thank you so much for checking in with us and giving us an update.
That was Carlos Halista Gonzalez. He is the emergency administration director of Mexico's civil protection office, obviously having some issues with the phone there. But thank you very much for joining us, Carlos.
Let's go right to Rosey Edeh and get an update on Isidore.
Now, Rosey, you know, it's been hard to predict this storm but now it does look like it's heading to the Gulf of Mexico.
ROSEY EDEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right. You know, the key day will be Wednesday. That's when we've got to watch out for a change in the storm. Let me give you some stats on the storm. Winds right now are at 75 miles an hour. Now, that has died down substantially since it has hit land, but we do project that it will increase in force as it goes right over the Gulf of Mexico and picks up steam.
Now, let's show you the projected path of hurricane Isidore. We are seeing it here move over the northern peninsula of Yucatan, but then by Tuesday and into Wednesday we're projecting that it's going to move northward. And that's going to bring in some concerns for the Gulf Coast and Mexico states. So we're going to watch out for that, particularly the Texas coast, where we think it may hit by Wednesday afternoon into Thursday. We're thinking that that's where it's going to start to trek northward and that's when we're going to have to keep our eyes peeled on this hurricane.
Right now moving at only five miles an hour south-southwest. And the reason that is so important, it is moving so slow, picking up a lot of steam as it heads northward, we project, into the Gulf of Mexico. This could be a very, very serious storm, Catherine, so we're going to keep an eye on that for you.
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Aired September 23, 2002 - 05:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Forecasters are concerned that hurricane Isidore could strengthen into a major storm heading for the Gulf Coast by midweek. Isidore made landfall on the tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula yesterday and forecasters predict that storm will take a turn to the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, feeding off the Gulf's warm waters. Forecasters believe that Isidore could strengthen into a category four storm by Wednesday.
And for more on the storm, we're joined right now by Carlos Halista (ph) Gonzalez, who is the emergency administration director of Mexico's Civil Protection Office. He's on the phone from Mexico City.
Thanks for being with us this morning, sir.
Can you tell us what the situation is there?
CARLOS GONZALEZ, DIRECTOR, CIVIL PROTECTION OFFICE: Yes. Yes. At this time we have, Isidore is a category one hurricane and it is right now at the Yucatan Peninsula inside land. It is moving towards southwest and we expect it to run into the sea, into the Gulf of Mexico again in this morning. And, well, actually at this time we are seeing what the damages that the hurricane caused are. And in Kintanarah (ph) we fortunately have damages, no important damages.
And in Yucatan we're still receiving the impact of the hurricane, so maybe it will take us a little bit more some time to find out what the damages are.
CALLAWAY: I know that it dumped an incredible amount of rain, as you said, and the flooding is an issue there. Are people still being evacuated?
GONZALEZ: People are right now, in the State of Yucatan, the people are right now in shelters. We have 39 shelters distributed along the (AUDIO GAP) south of the (AUDIO GAP).
CALLAWAY: Well, Carlos...
GONZALEZ: Locations -- yes?
CALLAWAY: Carlos, you're breaking up. We're going to have to let you go.
But thank you so much for checking in with us and giving us an update.
That was Carlos Halista Gonzalez. He is the emergency administration director of Mexico's civil protection office, obviously having some issues with the phone there. But thank you very much for joining us, Carlos.
Let's go right to Rosey Edeh and get an update on Isidore.
Now, Rosey, you know, it's been hard to predict this storm but now it does look like it's heading to the Gulf of Mexico.
ROSEY EDEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right. You know, the key day will be Wednesday. That's when we've got to watch out for a change in the storm. Let me give you some stats on the storm. Winds right now are at 75 miles an hour. Now, that has died down substantially since it has hit land, but we do project that it will increase in force as it goes right over the Gulf of Mexico and picks up steam.
Now, let's show you the projected path of hurricane Isidore. We are seeing it here move over the northern peninsula of Yucatan, but then by Tuesday and into Wednesday we're projecting that it's going to move northward. And that's going to bring in some concerns for the Gulf Coast and Mexico states. So we're going to watch out for that, particularly the Texas coast, where we think it may hit by Wednesday afternoon into Thursday. We're thinking that that's where it's going to start to trek northward and that's when we're going to have to keep our eyes peeled on this hurricane.
Right now moving at only five miles an hour south-southwest. And the reason that is so important, it is moving so slow, picking up a lot of steam as it heads northward, we project, into the Gulf of Mexico. This could be a very, very serious storm, Catherine, so we're going to keep an eye on that for you.
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