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Hurricane Isaias Rips Roofs Across Florida

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Hurricane Isaias Rips Roofs Across Florida

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Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, around 9:30 p.m. Friday as a Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds. Gusts reached 116 mph near Santa Rosa Sound and 100 mph near Pensacola, and Panama City Beach water levels rose about 5.6 feet above average high tide. Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 27 counties. By 7 a.m. Saturday about 448,298 Florida customer accounts lacked power, with more than 16,000 restoration personnel staged. The storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday and moved into Alabama and Georgia. CONTESTED: poweroutage.us put Georgia outages above 90,000 households by noon Saturday; another tally said about 56,000 remained out Saturday morning after more than 60,000 restorations overnight. Gov. Brian Kemp said he was monitoring impacts statewide and had spoken with FEMA Administrator Hamilton to stay ready to respond. Hartsfield-Jackson saw 30 cancellations and 90 delays. EPB reported 1,521 customers out near Chattanooga. Local accounts described a tree through a Crestview home roof, a torn Pensacola hotel roof, a Blanca Street home collapse, a flipped Pensacola Beach RV, and blocked streets in Argon Court. Full damage and injury counts were not yet detailed.

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Hurricane Isaias Prompts Southeast Emergency Preparations

Officials across the Gulf Coast are urging residents to prepare now for Tropical Storm Isaias, which could strengthen into a hurricane and bring heavy rain, flooding, damaging winds, power outages and hazardous travel beginning Friday. Residents are advised to secure supplies and outdoor items, plan for outages and evacuations, follow trusted forecasts, and avoid waiting until the last minute to leave; emergency agencies and the Salvation Army are coordinating response preparations.

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“Isaias causes tens of thousands of power outages in metro Atlanta”

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“Hurricane Isaias updates: DeSantis addresses widespread power outages after landfall”

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A tropical depression in the Gulf was forecast to strengthen into Hurricane Isaias and threaten the upper Gulf Coast, from Louisiana toward Florida, while forecasters monitored its track and potential heavy rain. New Orleans residents were urged to clear storm drains and report clogged catch basins to help reduce flooding.

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Isaias Nears Florida Panhandle Landfall

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a broad low-pressure area that may form over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, with development expected to be slow and a 30% chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm within seven days. It is too early to assess possible Gulf Coast impacts; if a storm forms, it would be named Isaias, in a season that has yet to produce an Atlantic hurricane.

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