{"id":2483,"date":"2026-10-11T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:03:54","slug":"hurricane-isaias-kills-four-leaves-670000-without-power-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Isaias kills four, leaves 670,000 without power in US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four people died after Hurricane Isaias made landfall early \u200con Saturday, and about 670,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi were still without power as the storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, according to local authorities and electricity monitoring services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two of the deaths resulted from trees falling on homes, according to local media and authorities.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Florida had received no search and rescue requests shortly after landfall, a sign of limited impact, Governor \u200bRon DeSantis said.<\/p>\n

But hazardous conditions remained, and storm surges, flash flooding, damaging winds and a risk of tornadoes across parts of the US \u200bSoutheast were expected, the National Hurricane Centre said.<\/p>\n

The tornado threat was expected to continue on Saturday across parts of the Florida \u2060Panhandle, Georgia and the Carolinas, the NHC said.<\/p>\n

In Florida, power restoration was marked as a priority, authorities said, while highways, bridges and airports were reopening, and teams were \u200bassessing the damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to make assessments this morning, and I think that\u2019ll give us a good sense about the future for the rapidity of the power restoration,\u201d \u200bDeSantis told a press conference in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n

Some 16,000 utility linemen had prepared to respond to the storm, he said.<\/p>\n

About 420,000 customers in Florida, 190,000 in Alabama, 43,000 in Georgia and 17,000 in Mississippi had no power as of midday Saturday, according to tracking firm PowerOutage.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A separate storm on the Pacific Ocean, Rachel, was moving toward the coast of northern Baja California on \u200bSaturday, bringing wind gusts and increased tides, which left another 7,000 people without power in California.<\/p>\n

Alabama\u2019s emergency management agency said the downed trees and power lines made \u200btravel hazardous in Houston County, which is under a flash flood warning.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the impacts of Hurricane Isaias, all Houston County roads are closed until further notice,\u201d it posted on X.<\/p>\n

A \u200ccategory 2 \u2060hurricane when it hit Florida\u2019s coast and the first of the 2026 Atlantic season, Isaias was expected to produce gusty winds well inland before weakening below gale force later on Saturday, the NHC said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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