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CNN Live At Daybreak
Update on Hurricane Isidore
Aired September 25, 2002 - 05:11 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: OK, we want to go back to the Hurricane Center now in Miami for more on tropical storm Isidore.
We turn to Lexion Avila, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center there.
Good morning.
LEXION AVILA, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: Good morning.
COSTELLO: Oh, good, we can hear each other now.
AVILA: Yes.
COSTELLO: Tell me about Isidore and what's going to happen, where it's going to make landfall and maybe when.
AVILA: Well, we have a plane flying into the eye of the tropical storm and the good news, the system is not any stronger than it was yesterday morning. So I think it's still 60 miles per hour and it's moving toward the north and between maybe 24 to 36 hours will be making landfall.
COSTELLO: Has this been a particularly hard storm to predict?
AVILA: Well, it was moving over the Yucatan Peninsula. It moved to the south. It moved to the east. It moved to the west and it lost most of its punch. But now it's moving to the north with 60 miles per hour.
COSTELLO: And we expect it to hit Louisiana and Mississippi, in particular New Orleans. And the danger here is the rain, the amount of rain it's going to dump on those folks.
AVILA: That is correct. Before this was a powerful hurricane with all the winds concentrated within the core. Now, all the winds are spread out in a large area, but the winds are not that strong, tropical storm force winds.
COSTELLO: Can you give us a timetable for when these people might have to really start to worry?
AVILA: Well, in fact, they're already getting the strong winds along the coast, because this is no longer the type four hurricane that we had yesterday. Now the winds are already on the coast. So they should be already getting ready for this tropical storm.
COSTELLO: And they should be out of the evacuation sites already?
AVILA: They should be doing what the local officials tell them to do.
COSTELLO: You know, it's always surprising, some people just don't pay attention. They just stick it out.
AVILA: Well, I would recommend that they just listen to the people, the local officials, and you'll be fine.
COSTELLO: All right, thank you, Lexion Avila, for bringing us up to date on Isidore.
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Aired September 25, 2002 - 05:11 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: OK, we want to go back to the Hurricane Center now in Miami for more on tropical storm Isidore.
We turn to Lexion Avila, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center there.
Good morning.
LEXION AVILA, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: Good morning.
COSTELLO: Oh, good, we can hear each other now.
AVILA: Yes.
COSTELLO: Tell me about Isidore and what's going to happen, where it's going to make landfall and maybe when.
AVILA: Well, we have a plane flying into the eye of the tropical storm and the good news, the system is not any stronger than it was yesterday morning. So I think it's still 60 miles per hour and it's moving toward the north and between maybe 24 to 36 hours will be making landfall.
COSTELLO: Has this been a particularly hard storm to predict?
AVILA: Well, it was moving over the Yucatan Peninsula. It moved to the south. It moved to the east. It moved to the west and it lost most of its punch. But now it's moving to the north with 60 miles per hour.
COSTELLO: And we expect it to hit Louisiana and Mississippi, in particular New Orleans. And the danger here is the rain, the amount of rain it's going to dump on those folks.
AVILA: That is correct. Before this was a powerful hurricane with all the winds concentrated within the core. Now, all the winds are spread out in a large area, but the winds are not that strong, tropical storm force winds.
COSTELLO: Can you give us a timetable for when these people might have to really start to worry?
AVILA: Well, in fact, they're already getting the strong winds along the coast, because this is no longer the type four hurricane that we had yesterday. Now the winds are already on the coast. So they should be already getting ready for this tropical storm.
COSTELLO: And they should be out of the evacuation sites already?
AVILA: They should be doing what the local officials tell them to do.
COSTELLO: You know, it's always surprising, some people just don't pay attention. They just stick it out.
AVILA: Well, I would recommend that they just listen to the people, the local officials, and you'll be fine.
COSTELLO: All right, thank you, Lexion Avila, for bringing us up to date on Isidore.
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