Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida leaving thousands without power across Gulf Coast
- Hurricane Isaias, the first of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast early Saturday as a Category 2 hurricane.
- Marking the latest start to an Atlantic hurricane season since satellite tracking began in 1966, Isaias formed late on October 7, 2026, following months of unusual storm inactivity.
- With maximum sustained winds near 110 mph, the storm threatens the Florida Panhandle and Alabama with life-threatening storm surges of 6-10 feet and isolated rainfall totals reaching 15 inches.
- North Carolina officials have placed urban search and rescue teams on a state mission order in key locations to ensure readiness for potential flash flooding and severe weather through the weekend.
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = As Hurricane Isaias strikes the southeastern United States, two people have died and hundreds of thousands of households are without power, among other things...
Storm Isaias killed at least two people after its passage in the southern United States, according to local authorities on Saturday, while hundreds of thousands of users remain without electricity. ...
It can still cause heavy rain in southern Alabama, the northwestern coast of Florida and Georgia, said the National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted that, despite the loss of strength, it could still cause heavy rains in southern Alabama and the northwestern coast of Florida and Georgia.
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