Hurricane Isaias kills four and leaves hundreds of thousands without power
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Hurricane Isaias killed at least four people and left hundreds of thousands without electricity after making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm early Saturday and weakening to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said one person was killed when a tree fell on a home. Another person was found dead in a garage where a generator was running. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey confirmed two deaths in her state; authorities said at least one involved a tree falling on a home.
About 670,000 customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi remained without power around midday Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us. The Guardian reported that outages peaked above 850,000 before declining to roughly 630,000 by Saturday evening.
The National Hurricane Center warned that storm surge, flash flooding, damaging winds and tornadoes remained possible as the system moved northeast across Georgia and the Carolinas. Fallen trees and power lines blocked roads, while authorities began damage assessments and reopened highways, bridges and airports.
Donald Trump allowed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide resources to Georgia, and previously approved emergency declarations for Florida and Alabama. The US Department of Energy also authorized an emergency exchange of up to 4 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because of supply disruptions. On Saturday, about 69% of US Gulf of Mexico oil production and 57% of natural gas production remained shut, while energy companies began returning crews to offshore platforms.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs date and scope corrections to match the sources. - "after making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm late Friday": Sources say Isaias made landfall early on Saturday, not late Friday. - "Federal emergency assistance was approved for Florida, Alabama and Georgia.": The sources specifically say FEMA resources/emergency declarations were approved by Donald Trump, but not broadly 'federal emergency assistance' for all three states in the same form. - "On Saturday, about 69% of Gulf of Mexico oil production and 57% of natural gas production remained shut, while energy companies began returning crews to offshore platforms.": The source attributes these shutdown figures to the US Gulf of Mexico, not the entire Gulf of Mexico.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Hurricane Isaias kills four and leaves hundreds of thousands without power
Hurricane Isaias killed at least four people and left hundreds of thousands without electricity after making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm lateearly FridaySaturday and weakening to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said one person was killed when a tree fell on a home. Another person was found dead in a garage where a generator was running. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey confirmed two deaths in her state; authorities said at least one involved a tree falling on a home.
About 670,000 customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi remained without power around midday Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us. The Guardian reported that outages peaked above 850,000 before declining to roughly 630,000 by Saturday evening.
The National Hurricane Center warned that storm surge, flash flooding, damaging winds and tornadoes remained possible as the system moved northeast across Georgia and the Carolinas. Fallen trees and power lines blocked roads, while authorities began damage assessments and reopened highways, bridges and airports.
Donald Trump allowed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide resources to Georgia, and previously approved emergency assistance was approveddeclarations for Florida, AlabamaFlorida and Georgia.Alabama. The US Department of Energy also authorized an emergency exchange of up to 4 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because of supply disruptions. On Saturday, about 69% of US Gulf of Mexico oil production and 57% of natural gas production remained shut, while energy companies began returning crews to offshore platforms.
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