Post-Tropical Isaias Cuts Power to 800,000 After Florida Landfall
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Updated · BBC.com · Oct 10
Post-Tropical Isaias Cuts Power to 800,000 After Florida Landfall
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Oct 10
Summary
More than 800,000 customers were without power across Florida, Alabama and Georgia after Isaias weakened into a post-tropical cyclone following landfall on Florida's northern Gulf Coast.
Florida alone had more than 400,000 outages, with just over 300,000 in Alabama and more than 100,000 in Georgia as heavy rain, strong winds and flooding threats spread inland.
Alabama, Florida and Georgia all declared states of emergency, while mandatory evacuations had been ordered in parts of Florida and for non-residents and visitors in key Alabama counties.
Isaias is the Atlantic season's first hurricane and the first in more than 30 years not to form before October, as two other storm systems also hit Mexico and Southern California this weekend.