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Hurricane Isabel pounds East Coast
( 2003-09-19 11:32) (Agencies)


A letterbox featuring a concrete dolphin is half-buried in sand washed by waves caused by Hurricane Isabel in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, September 18, 2003. Hurricane Isabel screamed ashore in North Carolina on Thursday with furious winds and torrential rains that forced evacuations throughout the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, canceled nearly 1,000 flights and shut down the federal government in Washington.   [Reuters]

An unidentified man wades through a flooded street, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, in Kitty Hawk, N.C., after Hurricane Isabel hit North Carolina's Outer Banks.   [AP]

A trio of onlookers assist each other as they brace themselves against the winds of Hurricane Isabel at Virginia Beach, Virginia September 18, 2003. Isabel's windy fringes hit the U.S. east coast early on Thursday as the storm, packing 100 mph winds and torrential rains, bore down on the mid-Atlantic region.   [Reuters]

A congressional staffer battles the wind on the west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 18, 2003. The U.S. federal government was shut down in anticipation of the effects of Hurricane Isabel locally.  [Reuters]
 
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