Here, in Virginia Beach, right on the Atlantic Ocean, the winds are still strong and the streets are littered with the debris of battered buildings and fallen trees. Across the region some one-and-a-half million homes are without power, leaving it eerily dark.
 Some residents are not sure whether to stay or go |
Much of the area is under curfew, with police warning it is still not safe or wise to venture out. So thousands of people are now stuck in their homes or special emergency shelters.
For those stranded here, there is a mix of fascination and fear.
"It's scary, it's terrifying. It's nerve-wracking," said one resident.
"I think Hurricane Isabel is somebody to be definitely reckoned with and I think the sooner she leaves, the better off we'll be!" another resident told me.
Impressive, maybe, and certainly destructive.
Already Hurricane Isabel has paralysed much of America's East Coast, shutting railways and airports and even the federal government in Washington DC.
And Hurricane Isabel is not finished yet; it has now moved inland, bringing more rain, wind and destruction.
The clean-up could takes days and cost billions of dollars.
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