Isaias Leaves 396,000 Without Power as Heavy Rain Threatens Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic
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Updated · NBC News · Oct 11
Isaias Leaves 396,000 Without Power as Heavy Rain Threatens Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Oct 11
Summary
Nearly 396,000 customers in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama were still without power early Sunday as Isaias’s remnants pushed north.
Heavy rainfall was forecast as the storm’s main hazard across the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic, with isolated flash and urban flooding, gusty winds, and scattered outages possible.
Four deaths were linked to the storm in Florida and Alabama, including fatalities from falling trees, carbon monoxide from a generator, and a crash involving a downed tree.
Isaias came ashore near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 hurricane Friday, damaging a Pensacola hotel roof, parts of the airport, and coastal buildings before weakening inland.
Federal officials approved emergency aid for Georgia after earlier declarations for Florida and Alabama, while the Energy Department authorized crude exchanges from the strategic reserve to ease supply disruptions.
With record-breaking Gulf temperatures fueling its rapid growth, could Hurricane Isaias defy northern wind shear and unleash unprecedented devastation?
How are historically warm Gulf waters rewriting the rules of modern hurricane forecasting just days before this massive storm makes landfall?
As an unpredictable turn threatens the Gulf Coast, will the sudden state of emergency be enough to protect millions from catastrophic flash floods?