Science & health
Hurricane Isaias leaves hundreds of thousands without power after Florida landfall
Hurricane Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone after striking Florida’s northern Gulf Coast, but heavy rain, strong winds and widespread outages continued across the Southeast. Florida, Alabama and Georgia declared states of emergency, while thousands were evacuated before landfall. More than 800,000 customers across the three states were reported without power in the supplied account. The storm was the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season, which began unusually late, while separate systems threatened Mexico and Southern California.
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What matters
- Isaias made landfall along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast before weakening.
- More than 400,000 Florida customers, over 300,000 in Alabama and more than 100,000 in Georgia lacked power in the report.
- Florida and Alabama ordered evacuations, and federal emergency declarations were approved.
- Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel were also affecting parts of Mexico and Southern California.
Context & caveats
- The report’s latest figures and conditions are time-sensitive and may have changed after publication.
Why this made the edition
The report supplies current storm status, outages, evacuations, emergency declarations and impacts across several states, while distinguishing Isaias from two other North American systems.
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