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In the Eye of Isidore
Aired September 23, 2002 - 12:50 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Folks in Cuba are trying to clean up and regroup after Hurricane Isidore blew ashore. The storm dumped more than two feet of rain on the island nation.
CNN's Havana bureau chief Lucia Newman brings us a firsthand look at the damage.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LUCIA NEWMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): La Nueva (ph) was a small, simple beach resort on the south coast of Quinrdey Rio (ph) province. That was until Friday, when Hurricane Isidore passed, leaving nothing of this house standing but the front door. What was once sand is now covered with seaweed. When Hurricane Isidore or when the eye of the hurricane pushed off of cube at winds that came behind pushed the sea inland, grounding everything in its path.
Norma Margarita Al Meda (ph) can't be consoled. This is all this is left of house she shared with her five daughters.
"I am destroyed," she says. "I have worked so hard to have a few things, and in one moment I have seen it all disappear."
Thirteen families live here -- all tell the same story: The village was evacuated before the flooding. When they returned home, they couldn't believe their eyes.
Donna Racquel (ph) said she has lived here 34 years, and nothing like this ever happened. The villagers are staying with friends and relatives or in government shelters while they search for a solution. The government, they say, has promised to help.
"The state says it will provide all materials that we need," says this man.
While they wait, they try to salvage what they can. They know that if they were poor before, they will be worse off now. These men eat coconuts from a nearby palm tree. Around here, there is no other food.
"I am really hungry," says this man. Norma Margarita Al Meda (ph) remains inconsolable, although now she cries from the emotion of discovering what she considers a miracle, that at least her dog has survived.
Lucia Newman, CNN, La Nueva (ph), Cuba.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired September 23, 2002 - 12:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Folks in Cuba are trying to clean up and regroup after Hurricane Isidore blew ashore. The storm dumped more than two feet of rain on the island nation.
CNN's Havana bureau chief Lucia Newman brings us a firsthand look at the damage.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LUCIA NEWMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): La Nueva (ph) was a small, simple beach resort on the south coast of Quinrdey Rio (ph) province. That was until Friday, when Hurricane Isidore passed, leaving nothing of this house standing but the front door. What was once sand is now covered with seaweed. When Hurricane Isidore or when the eye of the hurricane pushed off of cube at winds that came behind pushed the sea inland, grounding everything in its path.
Norma Margarita Al Meda (ph) can't be consoled. This is all this is left of house she shared with her five daughters.
"I am destroyed," she says. "I have worked so hard to have a few things, and in one moment I have seen it all disappear."
Thirteen families live here -- all tell the same story: The village was evacuated before the flooding. When they returned home, they couldn't believe their eyes.
Donna Racquel (ph) said she has lived here 34 years, and nothing like this ever happened. The villagers are staying with friends and relatives or in government shelters while they search for a solution. The government, they say, has promised to help.
"The state says it will provide all materials that we need," says this man.
While they wait, they try to salvage what they can. They know that if they were poor before, they will be worse off now. These men eat coconuts from a nearby palm tree. Around here, there is no other food.
"I am really hungry," says this man. Norma Margarita Al Meda (ph) remains inconsolable, although now she cries from the emotion of discovering what she considers a miracle, that at least her dog has survived.
Lucia Newman, CNN, La Nueva (ph), Cuba.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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