Isabel Eye Animation
Isabel was a category 5 hurricane for over 50 hours, longer than most; Isabel briefly slowed to category 4 status for 12 hours on the 13th. This powerful storm made landfall on the North Carolina coast, causing Hatteras Island to become inaccessible from road washout. Flooding was witnessed as far north as Delaware. The storm came onshore around 1PM EDT on Sept. 19th, very near the time of high tide, which aggravated the coastal flooding.