Hurricane Isaias Leaves 4 Dead After Making Landfall In Florida

At least four people were reported dead on Saturday amid Isaias after it made landfall late on Friday on Florida’s panhandle as a category 2 hurricane, according to authorities.

The storm also took down trees, knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands and flooded highways – but as Saturday evening approached, the region was reopening.

Despite warnings of storm surges ahead of the storm, several major routes along the coast were open by daybreak on Saturday and free of downed trees and power lines typically seen after major hurricanes.

Two of the deaths reported during Isaias occurred in Escambia county, Florida, and two others were reported in Alabama, as the storm moved inland, local officials said. Of those deaths, one each occurred in Escambia and Birmingham, Alabama, when trees fell on homes.

Another person whose death was linked to Isaias in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle crash involving a downed tree in Barbour county, said Josh Johnson of the state’s emergency management agency.

Another death connected to the storm involved a person found in a closed garage with a running generator in Escambia county. Four members of that person’s family have been transported to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning, the Escambia sheriff’s office said.

“Don’t run any generators inside your home, it can be very, very hazardous,” Florida governor Ron DeSantis said in a press conference.

In Alabama, governor Kay Ivey said Isaias – predicted to dissipate on Sunday – “cannot clear fast enough”.

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EXTENSIVE STORM SURGE DAMAGE – PENSACOLA BEACH, FL!

The aftermath of Hurricane Isaias is incredible across Pensacola Beach, Florida! Thick layers of sand cover many roads after powerful storm surge pushed water and debris inland. Damaged homes, missing roofs, partially… pic.twitter.com/OKFMxzlCEl

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The most dangerous Gulf Coast impacts from Hurricane Isaias have passed, but the deadly storm continues to spread heavy rain, damaging winds and flooding inland after making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast Friday night.

From the U.S. Gulf Coast to the East Coast, Isaias has already carved a destructive path with damaging winds, torrential rain, life-threatening storm surge and a tropical tornado threat, in total resulting in the deaths of least four people and injuring others.

Isaias is now a post-tropical cyclone after losing its tropical characteristics and is no longer fueled primarily by warm ocean waters as it moves inland toward Tennessee.

The storm continued to produce heavy rain across Alabama and Georgia, while a dangerous tornado threat lingered across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and South Carolina, spawning numerous confirmed tornadoes on Saturday.

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