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Hurricane Isaias makes landfall near Destin, Florida as Category 2; over 660,000 without power
Hurricane Isaias crashed into the Florida Panhandle on Friday night as a Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds. More than 660,000 customers across Florida, Alabama and Georgia lost power, with life-threatening storm surge and tornado threats continuing into the weekend.
Why it matters
Isaias is the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season and the first to make landfall on the continental United States since Hurricane Milton in 2024. The storm weakened to Category 1 after landfall, but the National Hurricane Center warns that life-threatening storm surge, flooding and tornado threats remain.
Landfall details
The National Hurricane Center said Isaias made landfall around 9:30 p.m. EDT Friday near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (169 kph) — just below major-hurricane strength.
According to PowerOutage.us, more than 660,000 customers were without power late Friday across Florida, Alabama and Georgia — about 410,000 in Florida and 230,000 in Alabama. Roads in Destin were flooded; police in Pensacola warned residents to stay off streets strewn with debris; all roads in Houston County, Alabama, were temporarily closed.
A storm surge warning stretches from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Florida's Suwannee River, with surge levels of 6 to 9 feet forecast along parts of the coast. Forecasters warned of a tornado risk across coastal Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia through Sunday, with localized rainfall up to 15 inches.
Response
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged residents to "buckle down" and stay off the roads, warning of flash flooding "throughout the region"; President Donald Trump said late Friday he was watching the storm "very closely" and that it was "under control." Isaias is expected to track north across Alabama into the Tennessee Valley over the weekend while gradually weakening.
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