Isaias ashore near Destin. Four dead. Lights out for hundreds of thousands.

A level 2 Did that, imagine it were 4,5.

Landfall 8:30 p.m. Eastern Friday near Destin as a Category 2. Winds 105 mph. Pressure 971 mb.
It had been a Category 3 at 120 mph. It weakened just before the beach.
Four dead. Two in Escambia County, Florida. Two in Alabama. Trees on houses in both.
A man later died running a generator inside his home. Family members were hospitalized.
Power outages peaked near 910,000. Midday Saturday still about 670,000. Florida about 420,000. Alabama about 190,000 to 300,000 depending on the hour.
Pensacola gust 102 mph. Hotel roof gone in Pensacola. Gas station canopy down in Crestview.
Surge flooded streets in Destin and Fort Walton Beach.
Now a post-tropical cyclone over Alabama. Rivers still rising. Flood risk into the Southeast.
First U.S. hurricane landfall since October 2024. First Atlantic hurricane of 2026.

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