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Hurricane Claudette Hits Texas
Aired July 15, 2003 - 15:01 ET
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JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The waiting is over. The first hurricane of the season has hit the coast of central Texas, gathering strength before it roared ashore. The National Weather Service expects Claudette to keep moving west by northwest for the next 24 hours. At last word, no injuries had been reported, as the storm unleashed blinding rain and fierce winds.
Let's go live to Port Lavaca, Texas, and to CNN's Ed Lavandera.
Ed, bring us the latest.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Judy.
Well, things are relatively calm here this afternoon here in Port Lavaca. Down along the way here, you will see the Bay of Lavaca. And you that out and that takes you out to the Gulf of Mexico and, down to the right over there, Port O'Connor as well, which has sustained some of the hardest winds and rain that Hurricane Claudette brought out here to this part of Texas Gulf Coast.
We've seen a lot more people just starting to take drives around town. And there have been some reports of relatively minor damage, some rooftops and trees down as well, some cars overturned and that sort of thing, but, as you mentioned, Judy, no reports of anyone injured. There had been reports also a little bit further to the southwest of where we are in a town called Surfside, where some homes in danger of being flooded out, as well as heavy rains have been brought through this area.
But the good news is that this storm has been moving so fast and moving inland so fast that it hasn't settle down just to drop a lot of rain in one particular area. Some of the tropical storms that have hit the Texas Gulf Coast in last couple of years have done just that. And that was one of the major concerns, that this storm was moving so slow, it would just settle over this area and drop a lot of rain. And we're not seeing that. Here, as you can tell, in Port Lavaca, the rain has eased, at least for the time being.
There might be another band that come out, and some more wind. But, for the most part, as you're hearing people drive by, at least grateful here that no major injuries to report and no major damages to homes and structures, as well -- Judy.
WOODRUFF: Well, we're certainly grateful for all that. And we want you to stay safe, you and your whole crew.
(CROSSTALK) WOODRUFF: Ed Lavandera, thank you very much.
LAVANDERA: Thanks.
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JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The waiting is over. The first hurricane of the season has hit the coast of central Texas, gathering strength before it roared ashore. The National Weather Service expects Claudette to keep moving west by northwest for the next 24 hours. At last word, no injuries had been reported, as the storm unleashed blinding rain and fierce winds.
Let's go live to Port Lavaca, Texas, and to CNN's Ed Lavandera.
Ed, bring us the latest.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Judy.
Well, things are relatively calm here this afternoon here in Port Lavaca. Down along the way here, you will see the Bay of Lavaca. And you that out and that takes you out to the Gulf of Mexico and, down to the right over there, Port O'Connor as well, which has sustained some of the hardest winds and rain that Hurricane Claudette brought out here to this part of Texas Gulf Coast.
We've seen a lot more people just starting to take drives around town. And there have been some reports of relatively minor damage, some rooftops and trees down as well, some cars overturned and that sort of thing, but, as you mentioned, Judy, no reports of anyone injured. There had been reports also a little bit further to the southwest of where we are in a town called Surfside, where some homes in danger of being flooded out, as well as heavy rains have been brought through this area.
But the good news is that this storm has been moving so fast and moving inland so fast that it hasn't settle down just to drop a lot of rain in one particular area. Some of the tropical storms that have hit the Texas Gulf Coast in last couple of years have done just that. And that was one of the major concerns, that this storm was moving so slow, it would just settle over this area and drop a lot of rain. And we're not seeing that. Here, as you can tell, in Port Lavaca, the rain has eased, at least for the time being.
There might be another band that come out, and some more wind. But, for the most part, as you're hearing people drive by, at least grateful here that no major injuries to report and no major damages to homes and structures, as well -- Judy.
WOODRUFF: Well, we're certainly grateful for all that. And we want you to stay safe, you and your whole crew.
(CROSSTALK)
WOODRUFF: Ed Lavandera, thank you very much.
LAVANDERA: Thanks.
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Aired July 15, 2003 - 15:01 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The waiting is over. The first hurricane of the season has hit the coast of central Texas, gathering strength before it roared ashore. The National Weather Service expects Claudette to keep moving west by northwest for the next 24 hours. At last word, no injuries had been reported, as the storm unleashed blinding rain and fierce winds.
Let's go live to Port Lavaca, Texas, and to CNN's Ed Lavandera.
Ed, bring us the latest.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Judy.
Well, things are relatively calm here this afternoon here in Port Lavaca. Down along the way here, you will see the Bay of Lavaca. And you that out and that takes you out to the Gulf of Mexico and, down to the right over there, Port O'Connor as well, which has sustained some of the hardest winds and rain that Hurricane Claudette brought out here to this part of Texas Gulf Coast.
We've seen a lot more people just starting to take drives around town. And there have been some reports of relatively minor damage, some rooftops and trees down as well, some cars overturned and that sort of thing, but, as you mentioned, Judy, no reports of anyone injured. There had been reports also a little bit further to the southwest of where we are in a town called Surfside, where some homes in danger of being flooded out, as well as heavy rains have been brought through this area.
But the good news is that this storm has been moving so fast and moving inland so fast that it hasn't settle down just to drop a lot of rain in one particular area. Some of the tropical storms that have hit the Texas Gulf Coast in last couple of years have done just that. And that was one of the major concerns, that this storm was moving so slow, it would just settle over this area and drop a lot of rain. And we're not seeing that. Here, as you can tell, in Port Lavaca, the rain has eased, at least for the time being.
There might be another band that come out, and some more wind. But, for the most part, as you're hearing people drive by, at least grateful here that no major injuries to report and no major damages to homes and structures, as well -- Judy.
WOODRUFF: Well, we're certainly grateful for all that. And we want you to stay safe, you and your whole crew.
(CROSSTALK) WOODRUFF: Ed Lavandera, thank you very much.
LAVANDERA: Thanks.
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JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The waiting is over. The first hurricane of the season has hit the coast of central Texas, gathering strength before it roared ashore. The National Weather Service expects Claudette to keep moving west by northwest for the next 24 hours. At last word, no injuries had been reported, as the storm unleashed blinding rain and fierce winds.
Let's go live to Port Lavaca, Texas, and to CNN's Ed Lavandera.
Ed, bring us the latest.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Judy.
Well, things are relatively calm here this afternoon here in Port Lavaca. Down along the way here, you will see the Bay of Lavaca. And you that out and that takes you out to the Gulf of Mexico and, down to the right over there, Port O'Connor as well, which has sustained some of the hardest winds and rain that Hurricane Claudette brought out here to this part of Texas Gulf Coast.
We've seen a lot more people just starting to take drives around town. And there have been some reports of relatively minor damage, some rooftops and trees down as well, some cars overturned and that sort of thing, but, as you mentioned, Judy, no reports of anyone injured. There had been reports also a little bit further to the southwest of where we are in a town called Surfside, where some homes in danger of being flooded out, as well as heavy rains have been brought through this area.
But the good news is that this storm has been moving so fast and moving inland so fast that it hasn't settle down just to drop a lot of rain in one particular area. Some of the tropical storms that have hit the Texas Gulf Coast in last couple of years have done just that. And that was one of the major concerns, that this storm was moving so slow, it would just settle over this area and drop a lot of rain. And we're not seeing that. Here, as you can tell, in Port Lavaca, the rain has eased, at least for the time being.
There might be another band that come out, and some more wind. But, for the most part, as you're hearing people drive by, at least grateful here that no major injuries to report and no major damages to homes and structures, as well -- Judy.
WOODRUFF: Well, we're certainly grateful for all that. And we want you to stay safe, you and your whole crew.
(CROSSTALK)
WOODRUFF: Ed Lavandera, thank you very much.
LAVANDERA: Thanks.
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