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[STORMREPORTS] Damage Report From Associated Press (Photos)

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 21:04:04 EDT

FULL STORY:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030919/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_isabel_122

"KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - Hurricane Isabel plowed into North Carolina's
Outer Banks with 100 mph winds and pushed its way up the Eastern Seaboard
Thursday, swamping roads and knocking out power to more than 1.8 million
people but packing nowhere near the terrifying punch it had days earlier.

Isabel was blamed for at least three deaths.

There were isolated areas of damage and distress on the Outer Banks and
inland areas nearby.

In Harlowe, a small community about 25 miles inland, about 30 to 40 homes
were destroyed, either by winds, falling trees or flooding, said Jeremy
Brown, chief of Harlowe's volunteer fire department. He estimated about 200
homes were flooded.

The storm tore apart two beach houses in Nags Head on the Outer Banks,
picking up a washer, dryer and refrigerator and carrying them about 500
feet down the street.

The storm tore apart two beach houses in Nags Head on the Outer Banks,
picking up a washer, dryer and refrigerator and carrying them about 500
feet down the street.

Wind blew out the windows of a storm shelter near Elizabeth City, injuring
five people hit by flying glass.

President Bush (news - web sites) granted North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley's
request for a federal disaster declaration, ordering federal aid to the
state. In anticipation of flooding and wind damage, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed
Rendell issued a statewide "disaster emergency" declaration. The governors
of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware had earlier declared
emergencies, and the governor of New Jersey planned a declaration Thursday.

Well over 1,500 flights were canceled at airports in the major Eastern
cities, said David Stempler, president of the Air Travelers Association. As
the storm moved north, all flights to and from the Washington metropolitan
area's airports were likely to be canceled, he said.

The federal government shut down in Washington. Amtrak halted service south
of Washington, and the Washington-area Metro system shut down all subway
and bus service. " 

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