Hurricane Isaias leaves four dead after striking Florida Gulf Coast
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Hurricane Isaias left at least four people dead after making landfall near Destin in northwestern Florida on Friday night as a Category 2 storm, according to local authorities. The first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season brought destructive winds, heavy rain and coastal flooding before weakening rapidly over land.
Two people were killed when trees fell on homes in Florida and Alabama. Colombia One reported that a third person died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a generator was operated in a garage in Escambia County, Florida, while a fourth died in an Alabama traffic accident involving a fallen tree.
The National Hurricane Center said Isaias weakened into a post-tropical cyclone while moving across southern Alabama, but continued to pose risks from flash flooding and strong wind gusts farther inland. The storm was expected to track toward the Tennessee Valley, with possible tornadoes and additional rainfall in parts of the Southeast.
About 670,000 customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi remained without electricity by midday Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us figures cited by RTÉ. Mandatory evacuations had been ordered in vulnerable coastal communities before landfall, while Florida, Alabama and Georgia declared states of emergency. Federal emergency declarations were also approved for Florida and Alabama to make federal response resources available.
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