[STORMREPORTS] Isabel Toll: 24 Dead, 6 Million Homes W/Out Power (WeatherMatrix Storm Reports)

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[STORMREPORTS] Isabel Toll: 24 Dead, 6 Million Homes W/Out Power

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Sep 20 2003 - 17:35:00 EDT

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Also note below about how Isabel split one of the Outer Banks in two...

FULL STORY:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030920/ap_on_re_us/isabel_32

QUOTES:

"The huge storm, blamed in at least 24 deaths, knocked out electrical
service for about 6 million homes and businesses from North Carolina's
Outer Banks north to New York, and the extent of damage combined with
debris-blocked streets overwhelmed utility crews. An estimated 2.8 million
were still blacked out Saturday.

North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland had been declared federal disaster
areas...

At least 24 deaths had been blamed on the storm, 16 of them in Virginia.

The North Carolina National Guard hoped to airlift Salvation Army mobile
kitchens to Buxton on Hatteras Island, which was cut off from the mainland
because the ocean cut through part of the highway..."

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