Cape Hatteras, N.C.
Storm-battered residents from North Carolina to Pennsylvania struggled this week to restore power lines, clear roads, and repair houses wrecked by Hurricane Isabel. The storm slammed into North Carolina’s Outer Banks with winds reaching 105 mph, and cut a herky-jerky path of destruction north through Virginia. Entire hotels flew off their foundations in Hatteras Village on the Outer Banks, while many houses nearby escaped untouched. Flood waters reached 7 feet in Baltimore. At least 35 deaths were blamed on the storm, many from traffic accidents, and 6 million customers lost electricity. “Everything is tore up,” said Edmond Brown, 79, of Edenton, N.C. “But I’m grateful I’m still standing.”
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