Hurricane Isaias weakens after striking Florida Gulf Coast
Hurricane Isaias weakened after making landfall near Destin, Florida, late Friday, leaving widespread power outages, flooded roads and downed trees and power lines across parts of Florida and Alabama.
The US National Hurricane Center said Isaias came ashore with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (169 km/h). By Saturday, it had become a post-tropical storm over southern Alabama, with sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h), while continuing to threaten inland areas with flash flooding and strong winds.
More than 664,000 customers in Florida and Alabama were without electricity early Saturday, according to poweroutage.com. Flooding was reported in Destin and southern Alabama, while debris blocked roads in Pensacola and several other communities. Some Florida Panhandle counties temporarily suspended emergency responses during the most dangerous conditions. …