 Moderate to severe damage extended up the Atlantic coastline and as far inland as West Virginia . Roughly six million people were left without electric service in the eastern United States from the strong winds of Isabel . Rainfall from the storm extended from South Carolina to Maine , and westward to Michigan . Throughout the path of Isabel , damage totalled about $ 5 @.@ 7 billion ( 2003 USD , $ 7 @.@ 33 billion 2016 USD ) . 16 deaths in seven U.S. states were directly related to the hurricane , with 35 deaths in six states and one Canadian province indirectly related to the hurricane . 
