Catástrofes · Isaias recoveryIsaias Leaves 600,000+ Without Power as Sunday Tornado Threat LoomsEscrito 11 de outubro de 2026 às 07:29 UTCVerTranscrição0:09On October 9th, we reported Isaiahs approaching as Category 3.0:13It landed as Category 2.0:15More than 600,000 electricity customers across the Southeast were still without0:20power late Saturday.0:21At least four people have died, and Sunday brings another threat of damaging storms.0:25Can households regain reliable electricity and warning systems before those storms0:30arrive?0:30Florida carried the largest listed outage total in that late Saturday snapshot.0:35Across the region, families were waiting for electricity while crews faced fallen0:39trees, blocked roads, and damaged communications infrastructure.0:43Santa Rosa County emergency officials said most county roads were impassable0:47Saturday because of trees or power lines.0:49In Alabama's Monroe County, officials described severe damage to communications and0:53electricity infrastructure, with building repairs expected to take days.0:58Florida had more than 408,000 customers out, and Alabama had 153,000.1:04North Carolina had more than 8,000, mostly in the west.1:07Other affected states also contributed to the regional total.1:10A later Saturday night update put Alabama's remaining outages above 100,000.1:15Barber County also had more than 7,000 customers lose power during the overnight1:20storms.1:20That county figure describes the storm's impact.1:23Without saying how many connections were still out afterward, about 780,0001:27customers were out late Saturday morning in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.1:31An afternoon regional snapshot put outages around 843,000.1:35The later total exceeded 600,000, but changing coverage and observation times1:39prevent a reliable repair rate calculation.1:42The peak has been described as about 840,000 customers, even though an earlier count1:47approached 900,000 a separate million-plus estimate counted people.1:51Electricity connections and people can't be compared as if they're the same measure.1:55Florida officials put about 16,000 utility workers on restoration duty Saturday1:59morning.1:59Around 5,000 National Guard personnel were also deployed.2:03Earlier standby and preparation counts covered different groups and times.2:06so they can't be added into one workforce.2:09There isn't a complete timetable for restoring service.2:12Search and rescue teams remained available.2:14Because saturated areas of north central Florida could still need water rescues, the2:18loss of electricity has also created a deadly hazard inside homes.2:22Two people died in Florida's Escambia County, one beneath a fallen tree and another2:28from generator exhaust.2:29Alabama's deaths involved a tree falling on a Birmingham home and a Barber County2:34driver's wreck involving fallen trees.2:36The Escambia County woman was inside her home when the tree fell late Friday.2:41Her husband, Joey Williams, said he was trapped but escaped while she couldn't.2:44A relative said his legs were crushed.2:47In the separate generator incident, four other family members were hospitalized with2:50non-life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning.2:53The generator had run in a closed or unventilated garage, never operate a generator2:58indoors or in a garage.2:59Its exhaust can kill even after hurricane winds have passed, and a power outage3:03doesn't make that setup safe.3:05The early confirmed minimum was two deaths.3:07It later rose to at least four as separate cases were included.3:11The Birmingham and Pensacola descriptions overlap with those same victims.3:15Four remains a minimum rather than a final toll.3:18The Barber County driver was taken to a medical facility in Dale County and later3:22pronounced dead.3:23The Birmingham death occurred after a tree hit a single-family home in the Huffman3:28area.3:28Differing overnight times describe that same incident.3:31Isaiah came ashore near Destin around 8:30 p.m.3:34Central on Friday, October 9th, with sustained winds of 105 miles an hour.3:39It weakened before crossing the coast, after the earlier Category 3 approach.3:44By 4 Saturday morning, Isaias was post-tropical with 35 mile-an-hour winds near3:49Montgomery.3:50Six hours later, its center was 50 miles south of Birmingham, still at 35 miles an3:55hour.3:56Those positions describe Saturday's storm.3:58The Weather Prediction Center continued issuing bulletins after the Hurricane4:02Center's morning update.4:03Its Saturday bulletin showed movement north-northwest at 10 miles an hour.4:07The earlier bulletin showed movement north at 14.4:10The inland rain and severe weather threat continued as the storm weakened.4:14Reported gusts reached 116 miles an hour in the Santa Rosa area, 114 in4:20Milton, 102 in Pensacola, and 97 in Gulf Breeze.4:24These short bursts differ from the hurricane's sustained wind measurement.4:28Pensacola's 102 mile an hour reading was identified at City Hall.4:32The precise instrument behind the Santa Rosa reading hasn't been identified.4:36Before landfall, Orange Beach recorded a 72 mile an hour gust, and a buoy off4:40Pensacola recorded 69.4:42Bruton, Alabama also had reported 70 mile-an-hour gusts and downed trees and lines.4:47Coastal water height estimates range from about five feet to a claim of up to nine4:51feet.4:52Nobody has provided an official measurement identifying where and when that4:56nine-foot height occurred with a common reference level for comparison.4:59Water above normal sea level, water above the predicted tide, and flooding depth on5:03dry ground measure different things.5:05More than five feet was reported around Pensacola and Panama City.5:09With another Panama City estimate of five and a half feet, a final coastwide maximum5:13remains unresolved.5:14St.5:14Petersburg had coastal flooding around midnight into Saturday, far from the destined5:19landfall.5:20A storm chaser identified as Naveen estimated two to three feet of surge and5:24described water covering a beach and waves overtopping a jetty.5:27He separately described tides one to three feet above normal high tide.5:31Those heights are local estimates.5:33Panhandle damage also included a gas station in the Santa Rosa area and fallen trees5:37in Milton.5:38Rosemary Beach residents described flooding, debris, and lost roof shingles.5:43Rainfall accounts described localized totals around a foot or more, but a final5:47landfall rainfall inventory isn't available.5:49Pensacola International Airport remained closed to commercial traffic for5:53inspections Saturday.5:54Destined Fort Walton Beach Airport reopened, but severe delays continued and most5:59departing flights were canceled.6:00American, Delta and United offered travel waivers.6:04I-10 and U.S.6:05Route 98 were reported open Saturday morning, while local roads remained obstructed.6:09National Guard soldiers swam to a submerged truck and pulled its occupants to6:13safety.6:14Debris can conceal downed electricity lines, and nearby homes losing power doesn't6:18mean those lines are safe.6:20Tropical warnings ended Friday night in lower Plaque Mines and southern Harrison.6:24By 10:15 p.m.6:25Central, all tropical watches and warnings in the New Orleans weather office's area6:29were canceled.6:30Coastal flood advisories continued overnight in parts of that area.6:34Plaque Mines Parish lifted its limited voluntary evacuation for businesses around6:38Venice's Tidewater Road on Saturday.6:40The Empire Floodgate and River Sector Gate reopened to marine traffic.6:44Earlier shelter instructions, bridge closures, and evacuation orders concerned the6:47coastal crossing.6:48Sunday restrictions depend on local updates.6:51Offshore operators had shut in 68.76% of Gulf oil production by late Saturday6:56morning and 57.44% of gas production.7:00Workers had evacuated 113 of 371 staffed platforms and 8 of 11 drilling rigs.7:05The oil interruption amounted to about 1.4 million barrels each day.7:10Friday's shutdown figures were higher, with 71.51% of oil and 58.84% of gas7:15production shut in, and 129 platforms evacuated.7:19Shell began sending personnel back Saturday while damage inspections and facility7:23restart requirements still lay ahead.7:24The Energy Department authorized up to 4 million barrels from the Strategic7:28Petroleum Reserve.7:29The authorization allows up to 2 million each for ExxonMobil and BP America.7:34They must return borrowed oil with extra barrels in 2027.7:38The department says the exchange aims to keep refineries operating and limit supply7:42disruption.7:43Actual delivery volumes haven't been announced.7:46Offshore production recovery, like electricity restoration on land, still depends on7:50inspections and repairs.7:52Sunday afternoon could bring a few tornadoes and damaging gusts to portions of North7:56Carolina, Virginia, and Southeast Maryland.7:59The Saturday-issued Storm Prediction Center Outlook places parts of those areas in a8:04slight risk for severe storms.8:06Stronger thunderstorms are forecast locally from noon to six Sunday.8:09with an elevated level two risk beginning around late morning or midday.8:13Residents need a functioning way to receive warnings, especially where electricity8:16and communications are still disrupted.8:18Parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could receive three to six inches of rain locally8:22up to ten.8:23The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast forecast calls for one to three inches, with8:27localized totals above five, where storms repeatedly cross an area.8:31Central North Carolina's Saturday morning forecast called for one to two inches.8:35Locally higher focus over the triad and southern coastal plain.8:39That briefing put the overall flash flood threat low with isolated flooding8:42possible.8:43Mountain and foothill forecasts emphasize greater flash flood concerns.8:47Saturday's wind alerts reached roughly 22 million people from Louisiana to8:52Pennsylvania.8:53Flood watches and warnings covered about 10 million from Florida to southern8:57Virginia.8:57Those groups overlap.8:59And the figures describe Saturday's alerts.9:01Weekend gusts could reach 60 miles an hour in some areas.9:05The hurricane has weakened, but power restoration has no complete timetable.9:09And Sunday's forecast adds possible tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms.9:13The dated severe weather outlook runs through Monday morning.Ler o artigoCronologia da históriaHeyDexO vídeo curto ↗Quem noticiou o quêPontos noticiados por mais de um órgão de comunicação✓Storm-surge forecasts along the coastConfirmado de forma independente · 11 órgãos✓Isaias’s Category 3 status and timingConfirmado de forma independente · 10 órgãos✓Forecast timing and location of landfallConfirmado de forma independente · 9 órgãos✓Isaias’s maximum sustained wind speedConfirmado de forma independente · 8 órgãosIsaias becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of 20268 órgãosEarlier forecast storm strength and wind speed7 órgãosNational Hurricane Center’s coastal hazards warning7 órgãosThe storm was moving north toward the Florida Panhandle.7 órgãosAmara Theodore warned that the inland storm could produce tornadoes, with the threat extending towa…7 órgãosDestin officials’ evacuation guidance6 órgãosCada linha é a afirmação tal como a registámos da reportagem desse órgão. Comparado a 14 de outubro de 2026 às 00:02 UTC.
