Aftermath of Hurrican Ike in Cuba, building collapse

Описание: (10 Sep 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Pan right building in Malecon and people watching in street
2. Tilt up from government authorities and firefighters to collapsed building
3. Medium shot firefighters and people in street
4. Medium shot Division General Alvaro Lopez Miera, Chief of the Army and Government authorities talking with Chief of Rescue Brigade
5. Medium shot of Lopez Miera
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Lieutenant Colonel Rolando Menendez, firefighter:
"This building has been evacuated. But this person for some reason had entered and fell, the collapse happened and he was trapped. We are now clearing away everything that fell to see if we can locate the person."
7. Various of of policemen and firefighters on street
8. Medium of door of damaged building with firefighters
9. Medium shot firefighters
10. Wide shot people, police and firefighters in street with Morro Castle in background
11. Wide shot of street with car and pan to fallen tree
12. Various of street with fallen trees and power lines
13. Medium shot of trees on ground
14. Rain falling, broken tree
15. People, trees, wind
16. Mid of damage
17. Mid of people standing with umbrellas
18. Wide of people standing, some with umbrellas
19. Cuban flag
20. Wide of street with cars
21. Zoom out of trees
22. Various of damage
23. People walking in street
24. Wide shot with Morro Castle in background
STORYLINE:
Hurricane Ike grew stronger as it barrelled across the warm, energising waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country and toppling aging Havana buildings.
Forecasters said the Category 1 storm could grow into a major Category 3 storm before slamming into Texas or northern Mexico on Saturday.
On Havana's Malecon coastal highway, crews tried to rescue an elderly man from beneath a pile of rubble outside his apartment building.
Firefighter Lieutenant Colonel Rolando Menendez said the man, still believed to be alive, returned to his seaside home without official approval and a concrete piece of the building's fourth floor slipped loose and fell on him.
"This building has been evacuated but this person for some reason had entered and fell, the collapse happened and he was trapped," he told AP Television.
"We are now clearing away everything that fell to see if we can locate the person," he added.
Forecasters said the Category 1 storm was already strengthening over open waters after leaving Cuba and could grow into a massive Category 3 storm before slamming into Texas or northern Mexico on Saturday.
Ike has already killed at least 80 people in the Caribbean, and Texas put 7,500 National Guard members on standby and urged coastal residents to stock up on supplies.
Cuban state television said some 2.6 million people - nearly a fourth of the island's population - sought refuge from Ike, which killed four people and shredded hundreds of homes as it swept across the country.
Power was still patchy in the Cuban capital on Wednesday morning.
As it left Cuba, Hurricane Ike delivered a punishing blow to towns including Los Palacios, which had suffered a direct hit from Category-4 Hurricane Gustav on August 30.

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