Hurricane Isaias live updates: hundreds of thousands without power as storm batters US Gulf Coast

First Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season makes landfall in the US Sign up for the US Breaking News email More than half a million people were without power after hurricane Isaias wreaked havoc on the US Gulf Coast, with Alabama and the Florida Panhandle being hit the hardest by the storm. The category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Florida, late Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. It weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by early morning, with winds of 65 mph, the National Weather Service said. Continue reading...