Isaias weakens, rain and flooding remain a threat as storm moves across the Southeast - CBS News
Post-tropical cyclone Isaias is moving across the Southeast, bringing heavy rain and flood risks to Tennessee and the Appalachians. The storm caused significant property damage in the Florida Panhandle, including destroyed roofs and downed power lines.
Why it matters
Severe weather events like Isaias highlight the ongoing vulnerability of coastal and inland infrastructure to hurricane-strength storms.
Isaias was making its way toward Tennessee as a post-tropical cyclone Saturday night and was still packing a punch despite weakening from the hurricane strength it had when it made landfall Friday night in the Florida Panhandle.
Isaias was located about 75 miles south of Nashville, and was moving northeast at 16 miles per hour. It had maximum sustained winds of 25 mph.
Flood watches were in place for the southern Appalachians and other portions of the Southeast due to heavy rainfall.
A tornado risk also remained for eastern Georgia and the Carolinas, forecasters said.
Isaias is expected to dissipate Sunday when it is absorbed by another system.
Isaias struck Pensacola, Florida, on Friday night after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in the Florida Panhandle with maximum sustained winds of about 105 miles per hour.
It destroyed the Milton High School gymnasium, leaving debris scattered around the campus.
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