ROMANS: This overpass on Florida Highway 836 was under construction.ĭIANNE FERNANDEZ, WSVN CORRESPONDENT: It is just really an unbelievable sight out here. We also expect a very quick response, as we've received in the past, from FEMA and from the White House. JEB BUSH (R), FLORIDA: We've asked for a federal disaster declaration for Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and we're making assessments in the other areas and will add counties to our declaration when it's appropriate to do so. Florida governor Jeb Bush is requesting help. ROMANS: Katrina left a wake of destruction and death. Very dark, a lot of the lights not operable here. ERIC BAUM, MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE: We got here in hurricane force winds, just blinding rain coming out. Those falling trees took down power lines a million people are still without electricity. ROMANS: Trees crashed to the ground, bulldozers called in to clear the damage. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The winds came in pretty hard from the north, and I'm on the 14th floor, and I had to hold the window down, because I thought the window was going to come through there on my terrace. 80-mile-an-hour winds ripped through houses. Some people could only stand and watch as the water rushed by. Businesses and homes turned into islands. ROMANS (voice-over): Katrina dumped up to a foot of rain on the Miami area. Today, residents in south Florida began the cleanup after this powerful hurricane that many underestimated. It's responsible now for at least six deaths.
Katrina, which formed quickly in the Atlantic early this week, is now a massive storm, 138 miles wide, shown on this satellite picture. Forecasters warn that the storm path could be revised again before Katrina makes landfall sometime on Monday. It's been tracking down the Florida Panhandle. On its new projected path, Katrina is aiming directly at Mississippi or Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center fears tonight that Katrina will strengthen into a Category 4 storm before landfall, packing winds as high as 150 miles per hour. Katrina tonight is now a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This killer storm is strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico tonight and is now forecast to take an unexpected big turn to the west. Can a personal appeal from the president help avoid civil war in Iraq? We'll have a special report on this latest example of the great American giveaway.Īnd another new poll shows President Bush's approval rating is at the lowest point ever, as the president takes a politically risky move in Iraq. Critics say the agency that's supposed to be fighting for American workers is giving exclusive job postings to foreign workers. Plus, stunning charges leveled against the Labor Department. Many call it a blow against America's long-held belief in assimilation. The Dallas school board has voted to force some principals to learn Spanish. Tonight, heated, passionate debate in Dallas, Texas. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Hurricane Katrina Gathers Strength Bush Approval Rating Hits New Low President Urges Iraqi Leaders to Compromise Ellsworth Air Force Base Saved from Chopping Block FAA Rules Babies Don't Need Seatbelts Dallas Schools Force Superintendents to Learn Spanish
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