Fort Pierce, Florida
1. Wide shot of downed tree
2. Palm tree, pan down to downed tree
3. Pan across windswept abandoned street
4. Wide shot of
Fort Pierce Police Department, pan to siding that has been blown away
5. Downed tree, pull out to wide shot of street
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Abandoned street, palm trees blowing
7. Wide shot of waves crashing at marina
8. Sailboats rocking in rough waters
9. Wide shot of waves hitting pier
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Close up of boat, pull out to wide shot of rough seas at marina
11. Downed trees, pull out to abandoned road
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Marina and waves
Hurricane Command Centre,
Miami, Florida
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Various of people working in command centre
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People at command centre zoom to computer screen
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Florida map on screen
18. People in command centre
19. Map of US with hurricane visible over
Florida
20. Wide shot of command centre
STORYLINE:
Potent but slow-moving
Hurricane Frances snapped power lines and whipped the
Atlantic coast with winds over
145 kilometres-per-hour (90 miles-per-hour) on Saturday.
The wind uprooted trees and peeled off roofs and knocked out electricity for more than 450,
000 Floridians.
The storm crawled toward Florida at just eight kilometres-per-hour (five miles-per-hour) before stalling over warm water and arrived more than a day later than predicted.
The eye of the storm wasn't expected to hit east-central Florida until early Sunday.
En route,
Frances shattered windows, toppled power lines and flooded neighbourhoods in the
Bahamas, driving thousands from their homes.
Frances' arrival came three weeks after
Hurricane Charley killed 27 people and caused billions of dollars in damage in southwestern Florida.
The storm's leading edge reached the Florida coast early Saturday, and about 485 kilometres (
300 miles) of coastline remained under a hurricane warning.
Frances was so big that virtually the entire state feared damage from wind and the more than foot of rain that forecasters said was possible.
The largest evacuation in state history, with 2.8 million residents ordered inland, sent 70,000 residents and tourists into shelters.
The storm shut down much of Florida, including airports and amusement parks, at the start of the usually busy
Labour Day weekend.
Some evacuees, frustrated by Frances' sluggish pace, decided to leave shelters Saturday and return later.
Roads, streets and beaches were mostly deserted.
Roads were littered with palm fronds and other debris.
Businesses were shuttered and even gas stations were closed.
Forecasters at the
National Hurricane Centre said the storm could strengthen slightly while over warm open water between the Bahamas and the coast,
Once the storm makes land, it will take 12 to 15 hours to cross the peninsula, the hurricane centre said.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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