Isaias weakens to Category 1 hurricane after Florida landfall, NHC says

Hurricane Isaias weakened quickly Friday, losing windspeed and dropping to a Category ​1 storm after making landfall in Destin, ‌Florida, the US National Hurricane Center said. But it warned of danger from storm surges and floods as power ​links severed.

The storm was about 65 miles (105 ​km) west-northwest of Panama City, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph), the NHC stated in its last statement.

The agency warned of a life-threatening storm surge along the Gulf Coast as catastrophic hurricane conditions and flash floods pushed inland.
The organization said the hurricane is likely to move across Alabama and into the Tennessee Valley this weekend.

When the hurricane touched land, Poweroutage.us showed nearly 380,000 ⁠people in Florida and more than 210,000 in Alabama without power.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on X that emergency declarations have been issued in Florida and Alabama to ensure government resources are ready to respond to Isaias.

Emergency services in Florida told citizens to take shelter and wait for hurricane conditions across the northern part of the state as Isaias made landfall as a category 2 storm.