# 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.
- Title: Hurricane Isaias kills at least 2 in Florida and Alabama · NPR
- Summary: The Category 2 hurricane made landfall Friday night with 105 mph winds, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and warnings of further flooding inland…
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- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/10/10/g-s1-147632/at-least-2-deaths-attributed-to-isaias-after-hurricane-bashes-florida-and-alabama
- Published: 2026-10-10T00:00:00+00:00
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## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.