The Latest: Isaias weakens after making landfall as Category 2 hurricane
Isaias rapidly weakened after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Florida on Friday evening. Powerful winds left hundreds of thousands without power in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle early Saturday. It marked the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.
The storm continued to bring flood threats and the potential for tornadoes as it moved inland across Alabama Saturday night. Now a post-tropical cyclone, Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane but its wind speeds dropped to 35 mph (55 kph).
Over 911,000 customers in Florida, Alabama and Georgia were left without power on Saturday, per poweroutage.com. In Pensacola, Tim Mowry described the intense winds as sounding like a train whistle and reported downed trees, power lines, and flooded roads.
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