Storm Isaias, now downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, has left some 853,000 customers without electricity in the states of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama this Saturday.
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This is the most affected by the storm’s onslaught, which still threatens to leave heavy rains in southeastern states. Atlantic coast or even the midwest.
The storm has caused at least one death after a tree fell on a home in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday, where Governor Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency in 40 counties, local media reported.
In this state, Isaias, which made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane late Friday in the northwestern strip of Florida and has been downgraded by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to a post-tropical cyclone, could leave heavy rainfall and winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour in the central and northern region.
ISAIAS POWER OUTAGES ⚠️
Nearly 900,000 customers are without power this morning across Florida, Alabama and Georgia from the hurricane as of 9 AM ET. Wind gusts reached between 100 – 120 mph in hardest hit areas bringing down trees, powerlines and even causing damage to homes… pic.twitter.com/s9Fg8ela2G— Matt Devitt (@MattDevittWX) October 10, 2026
According to power outage tracking websites, some 439,000 customers are without service in Florida, while some 300,000 in Alabama and 114,000 in neighboring Georgia are also without power.
The NHC indicates that “heavy rains associated with the post-tropical remnants of Isaias will quickly spread northward, reaching the Tennessee Valley, the southern Appalachians, and the Southeast today.”
There are also warnings of possible landslides in the southern Appalachian area and intense rains in northwest Florida and on the southwest coast of that state that could cause sudden floods.
The NHC maintains a moderate level flood alert for northern Georgia and parts of the Carolinas and Tennessee and, on the other hand, a marginal warning that reaches states such as Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia.
Isaias is expected to move northeast across Alabama and into the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday.
NEW VIDEO: Intense winds, torrential rain, and widespread power outages battered the Gulf Coast tonight as #Isaias made landfall. More than 700,000 customers are currently without power as Isaias continues its trek inland, bringing heavy rainfall and threatening dangerous… pic.twitter.com/LyDLH4jJzk
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 10, 2026
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