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People Bracing for Full Force of Isabel
Aired September 18, 2003 - 05:30 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: An update on Isabel right now -- good morning, Chad.
CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
It's been busy up here already today.
COSTELLO: Oh, yes.
MYERS: Only 30 minutes gone by this show and we're already really hopping up here.
Here's Hurricane Isabel right now. There's the eye of the storm. We actually have the eye on radar, as well. Here are the numbers, if you're concerned: 33.1 north, 74.7 west. Winds are still 105 miles per hour, although they did find much higher flight winds than that up in the middle of the storm. And those winds could trickle on down. There is the eye, still an open section there on the west end of the eye. In fact, what really now looks like two eye walls, an outer eye wall and an inner eye wall developing, and that storm is really headed to Moorehead City right through here, right across and then making a big turn on up toward Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg -- Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: All right, thank you, Chad.
We want to get right to North Carolina to North Topsail Beach.
Elaine Quijano is standing by -- and, Elaine, in covering these things, the way it feels, it's usually very humid right before the storm really hits.
Is it?
ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what? It is somewhat humid, Carol, although one thing I have noticed just in the last half hour or so, the wind seems to be changing direction a little bit more than when I last talked to you. I can tell you, it has been gusting quite a bit here throughout the night. But what's interesting also to note is that on the radar it looks like this particular area, North Topsail Beach, is well within that outer band and yet we've only seen periods of light rain sort of off and on throughout the night.
Now, things are relatively calm right now, but, again, forecasters are expecting things here to deteriorate.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) QUIJANO (voice-over): Up and down the East Coast, people are bracing for the full force of Hurricane Isabel and amidst the usual preparations, there's a feeling, at least among some, that this one time category five hurricane could be different.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is probably the first time that I've heard warnings from the people who've been here a long time that say board up.
QUIJANO: In North Carolina, where the eye is expected to make land fall, officials predict more than 150,000 people will evacuate, many heading to the 80 plus shelters set up in the state.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now is the time to ask people to please put themselves and their families out of harm's way, get into a safe location and ride this storm out.
QUIJANO: Officials warn even inland communities, like Richmond, Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area, could experience hurricane force winds. But the winds aren't the only hazard. Torrential rains can prove treacherous, also.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People just need to be smart about these things and recognize that these flood waters are very dangerous. Don't put yourself in harm's way.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
QUIJANO: And federal officials are also warning that in a hurricane, more than half of all deaths are actually caused by flooding. They say even when this storm passes, there could still be plenty of danger yet to contend with.
We're live in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.
I'm Elaine Quijano -- Carol, back to you.
QUIJANO: All right, Elaine, many thanks.
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Aired September 18, 2003 - 05:30 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: An update on Isabel right now -- good morning, Chad.
CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
It's been busy up here already today.
COSTELLO: Oh, yes.
MYERS: Only 30 minutes gone by this show and we're already really hopping up here.
Here's Hurricane Isabel right now. There's the eye of the storm. We actually have the eye on radar, as well. Here are the numbers, if you're concerned: 33.1 north, 74.7 west. Winds are still 105 miles per hour, although they did find much higher flight winds than that up in the middle of the storm. And those winds could trickle on down. There is the eye, still an open section there on the west end of the eye. In fact, what really now looks like two eye walls, an outer eye wall and an inner eye wall developing, and that storm is really headed to Moorehead City right through here, right across and then making a big turn on up toward Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg -- Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: All right, thank you, Chad.
We want to get right to North Carolina to North Topsail Beach.
Elaine Quijano is standing by -- and, Elaine, in covering these things, the way it feels, it's usually very humid right before the storm really hits.
Is it?
ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what? It is somewhat humid, Carol, although one thing I have noticed just in the last half hour or so, the wind seems to be changing direction a little bit more than when I last talked to you. I can tell you, it has been gusting quite a bit here throughout the night. But what's interesting also to note is that on the radar it looks like this particular area, North Topsail Beach, is well within that outer band and yet we've only seen periods of light rain sort of off and on throughout the night.
Now, things are relatively calm right now, but, again, forecasters are expecting things here to deteriorate.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) QUIJANO (voice-over): Up and down the East Coast, people are bracing for the full force of Hurricane Isabel and amidst the usual preparations, there's a feeling, at least among some, that this one time category five hurricane could be different.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is probably the first time that I've heard warnings from the people who've been here a long time that say board up.
QUIJANO: In North Carolina, where the eye is expected to make land fall, officials predict more than 150,000 people will evacuate, many heading to the 80 plus shelters set up in the state.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now is the time to ask people to please put themselves and their families out of harm's way, get into a safe location and ride this storm out.
QUIJANO: Officials warn even inland communities, like Richmond, Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area, could experience hurricane force winds. But the winds aren't the only hazard. Torrential rains can prove treacherous, also.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People just need to be smart about these things and recognize that these flood waters are very dangerous. Don't put yourself in harm's way.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
QUIJANO: And federal officials are also warning that in a hurricane, more than half of all deaths are actually caused by flooding. They say even when this storm passes, there could still be plenty of danger yet to contend with.
We're live in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.
I'm Elaine Quijano -- Carol, back to you.
QUIJANO: All right, Elaine, many thanks.
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