Hurricane Isaias live updates: hundreds of thousands without power as storm batters US Gulf Coast
Hurricane Isaias caused widespread power outages across the US Gulf Coast after making landfall near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm. Hundreds of thousands of residents in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia were left without electricity as the storm brought intense winds and heavy rain.
Why it matters
It underscores the ongoing vulnerability of coastal infrastructure to increasingly severe weather events and the resulting humanitarian impact.
More than half a million people were without power after hurricane Isaias wreaked havoc on the US Gulf Coast, with Alabama and the Florida Panhandle being hit the hardest by the storm.
The category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Florida , late Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. It weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by early morning, with winds of 65 mph, the National Weather Service said.
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