- News>
- World
Isabel leaves 21 dead, millions without power
Washington, Sept 20: Hurricane Isabel left at least 21 people dead, millions without power and an insurance bill of several billion dollars in its devastating wake across the eastern United States.
The storm moved north into Canada yesterday as a massive clean-up operation got underway, but dozens of flights remained cancelled after an estimated 1,500 were called off the day Isabel hit.
Most of the 21 deaths were caused by traffic accidents as trees and electricity poles were felled by the storm.
Virginia was the worst-hit state, with fourteen
fatalities reported by the state's department of emergency
management.
One power worker in north Carolina was electrocuted
as he tried to reconnect supplies at a power substation in
driving rain, a woman was crushed to death in her car by a
tree and two people died in Maryland as a result of the storm.
A man in Maryland was killed when his car was struck
by a falling power pole.
In Pennsylvania, a man was killed when his car was
blown off the road in the strong winds and a man drowned off
the coast of Rhode island after being swept from the shore by
high waves.
Bureau Report