
Isaias weakens but flooding threat persists as hundreds of thousands grapple with power outages
By Katherine Langford
WPLG Local 10
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Isaias weakened quickly after making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 hurricane Friday evening. Its powerful winds left hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle without power early Saturday. It was the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.Here's the latest:2 deaths reported in the aftermath of IsaiasTwo deaths, one in Alabama and another in Florida, have been reported in the aftermath of Isaiah.One person died when a tree fell on their house in a neighborhood of Birmingham, according to Shea Hess, an emergency management officer with the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency. She had no further details.In Florida, Escambia County, Sheriff Chip Simmons said in a video posted on his Facebook page that one woman died after a tree fell on her home. He did not provide additional details.Storm surge warnings are discontinued, but high winds remain a threatThat is according to Robbie Berg, a warning coordination meteoro