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Hurricane Ivan sweeps US Gulf coast
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-17 03:12
Officials view damage to a building in
Pensacola Beach, Florida after Hurricane Ivan swept through the area
September 16, 2004. [Reuters] |
Part of a highway through is not submerged in
Gulf Shores, Alabama after Hurricane Ivan swept through the area September
16, 2004. The eye of the storm went ashore in the area.
[Reuters] |
A bridge over Escambia Bay north of Pensacola,
Florida is cut in two by Hurricane Ivan with a tractor-trailer rig
swallowed by the gap, September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the
U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves
that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that
killed at least 20 people. [Reuters]
A sign directing drivers to the on ramp to
Interstate 10 sits half submerged in flood water from the Gulf of Mexico
Thursday, September 16, 2004 outside of Mobile, Alabama, after Hurricane
Ivan hit the region overnight. [Reuters]
Severe damage to buildings is shown in
Pensacola Beach, Florida after Hurricane Ivan swept through the area,
September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf coast
Thursday with furious winds and towering waves that ripped houses off
their foundations, sliced bridges in half and cut power to millions.
[Reuters]
A man hangs out the window as people push his car
through flooded areas caused by Hurricane Ivan hitting Pensacola, Florida
September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed the U.S. Gulf coast Thursday
with furious winds and flooding, ripping roofs off homes and hotels,
washing out bridges, downing power lines and spawning tornadoes that
killed eight people. [Reuters] |
The pier at Pensacola Beach, Florida, takes a
pounding as the outer bands of Hurricane Ivan lash the Florida panhandle.
Ivan's eye with its most powerful winds slammed ashore near Mobile in
Alabama as the huge storm pounded a wide swathe of the US Gulf coast
spawning tornados that claimed at least two lives in Florida.
[AFP] |
Hurricane Ivan's eye with its most powerful winds
slammed ashore near Mobile in Alabama as the huge storm pounded a wide
swathe of the US Gulf coast spawning tornados that claimed at least two
lives in Florida. [AFP] |
NOAA satellite image of Tropical Storm Ivan taken at
4:15 p.m. EDT on September 16, 2004, shows the once-powerful storm batters
parts of the southeastern United States. [Reuters] |
A television camera operator stands on debris as he
looks at flooded State Road 59 in Gulf Shores, Alabama September 16, 2004
after Hurricane Ivan came ashore in the city. Hurricane Ivan slammed the
U.S. Gulf coast on Thursday with furious winds and flooding, ripping roofs
off homes and hotels, washing out bridges, downing power lines and
spawning tornadoes that killed eight people.
[Reuters] |
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