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Hurricane Isaias kills at least 2 in Florida and Alabama
The Category 2 hurricane made landfall Friday night with 105 mph winds, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and warnings of further flooding inland.
In brief
The Category 2 hurricane made landfall Friday night with 105 mph winds, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and warnings of further flooding inland. Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida as a Category 2 storm Friday night, killing at least two people and leaving nearly 800,000 without power across three…
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall
Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida around eight thirty pm local time Friday night as a Category two storm with one hundred five mile per hour winds.
At least two deaths confirmed
One person died in Escambia County, Florida when a large tree collapsed on their home. Another death occurred in Jefferson County, Alabama when a tree fell on a single-family residence.
“A tree did fall on the house. It was a single-family residence.”
Massive power outages across region
As of eleven fifty am ET Saturday, about seven hundred eighty thousand power customers remained without power in Florida, Alabama and Georgia.
Utility crews mobilise for repairs
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said some sixteen thousand utility workers began working as early as three am Saturday to restore power.
“Last night in the wee hours of the morning, those crews began working as early as 3 a.m.”
Storm weakens but flooding threat remains
Isaias was downgraded to a post-tropical storm hours after landfall, with sustained winds dropping to thirty five mile per hour by five am Saturday as it moved through Alabama.
Here's the gist
Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida as a Category 2 storm Friday night, killing at least two people and leaving nearly 800,000 without power across three states.
