Retractable roof Budget Hotel property manager Charlie Gladwell inspects debris from the roof of his hotel that peeled off and landed on an Atlanta television station truck in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Sept. 18. Hurricane Isabel brought torrential rain and strong winds as it made landfall along the North Carolina coast
Story time Kara Showers reads a book by flashlight to Dae Dobson, 4, of Virignia Beach, Va., as his father, William, background, looks on in the darkened gymnasium at the Birdneck Elementary School in Virginia Beach on Sept. 18. The school is serving as an emergency shelter for residents trying to escape the effects of Hurricane Isabel.
View from above Hurricane Isabel's eye is centered over the North Carolina coast in a satellite image from 1:45 p.m. ET Sept. 18.
Shuffling the deck The deck of a house lies on its side as Hurricane Isabel batters the coast Sept. 18 in Kitty Hawk, N.C., as Hurricane Isabel struck the Outer Banks, a thin band of islands off the North Carolina coast
Game over The Baltimore Orioles mascot, The Bird, has a section of the upper deck at Camden Yards all to himself during the Orioles' game against the New York Yankees on Sept. 18 in Baltimore. The game was suspended with a 1-1 tie after five complete innings as rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Isabel hit the area.
Sudden impact A woman turns away from a car damaged by a fallen tree Sept. 18 in Nags Head, N.C., after Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the Outer Banks, a thin band of islands off the North Carolina coast.
Hitting land A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite captured this image of Hurricane Isabel at 8:15 a.m. ET Sept. 18.
Lost highway Rough seas wash over state Highway 12 in Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Sept. 18.
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Mandatory evacuation North Carolina state troopers closely follow a pedestrian as he crosses the Atlantic Beach-Morehead City Bridge in high winds Sept. 18.
Battery-powered Chante Price, left, holds a flashlight for her mother, Celestine, as they try to pick up a radio station to get information about Hurricane Isabel on Sept. 18 in an American Red Cross shelter set up at Pines Elementary School in Washington County, N.C. The power was already out at the Pines Elementary School shelter as of 10 a.m. Thursday morning
Marcella Willis, 62, right, is helped through thigh-deep floodwater in Williston, N.C., by her son's fiancée, Darlene Ford.
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DELAWARE National Guard activated, with about 100 troops standing by at armories and emergency operations centers. More than 150 people seek refuge in seven shelters. Officials worried that dunes at Indian River Inlet could be breached, flooding U.S. 1
