Hurricane Isabel knocks out power to 2.5m

Hurricane Isabel ploughed into the US east coast with 100 mph winds causing at least three deaths and knocking out power to more than 2.5 million people.

The storm that had once threatened 160 mph winds and a 12ft storm surge rolled in to North Carolina at around midday yesterday with a 5ft surge and gusts that rattled plywood boards spray-painted, “Bring it on Izzy”.