Hurricane Isaias live updates: Isaias crosses into Alabama after making landfall in US — 800,000 left without power
Hurricane Isaias made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm — before it was downgraded as a post-tropical cyclone as it crossed into Alabama on Saturday.
President Trump said he is monitoring developments of Hurricane Isaias “very closely” as power outages has impacted more than 800,000 people in Florida, Georgia and Alabama
The “life-threatening” first hurricane of the 2026 season hit the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi late Friday with “extremely dangerous and damaging hurricane force-winds” of 120 mph, storm surge as high as 9 feet and even tornadoes in spots, the National Weather Service warned.
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Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone after crossing into Alabama
Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, having rapidly lost wind speed after hitting the Florida coast as a Category 2 hurricane, the first of the 2026 Atlantic season, the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
The post-tropical cyclone, crossing over southern Alabama after making landfall earlier near Destin, Florida, is about 55 miles south-southwest of Montgomery, Alabama, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, the agency added.
Isaias is expected to continue weakening but produce gusty winds well inland before weakening below gale force later on Saturday, the NHC said.
Hurricane Isaias hit Florida 'like a freight train' as storm left 400K without power: Lt. Gov. Jay Collins
Hurricane Isaias struck Florida "like a freight train" as the storm made landfall over the state's Panhandle and left more than 430,000 without power Friday night into Saturday morning, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins said.
"This thing hit like a freight train. It was fast. It came in like a Mike Tyson punch," Collins told Fox News on Friday night. "It's real, I'm sure there is going to be real damage."
Collins shared an estimated 900,000 people had heeded the warnings to leave the Isaias path before it made landfall as a Category 2 storm Friday night.
"While some might have ridden it out, if you have please hunker down, stay safe, let's not put our first responders at risk and they'll get to you as soon as humanly possible, but let's let them do their job and remain safe as well."
Isaias had weakened to a Category 1 storm at around 10:30 p.m. as it unleashed maximum winds of 90 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
"I don't think we're going to have a Michael-like event here, we're its just going to sit and have pockets of rain, thank goodness," Collins said, referring to the deadly Category 5 that whalloped the Florida Panhandle after making landfall on Oct. 10, 2018.
Preliminary evidence didn't show any catastrophic damage to the Sunshine State but Collins warned the storm isn't over.
"The real extent of the damage as this thing crested and it hit shore, I think you'll start to see good feedback coming through," he said "We're not hearing anything dire at this moment, God willing thats how it stays."
The Republican leader, who has been in office since August 2025, revealed only power outages and radio damage have been reported.
Roughly 430,000 Floridians were without power as of 2 a.m. Saturday, according to tracker PowerOutage.US.
"We pushed really hard to have people listen to the evacuation orders, its just not worth the risk to you and yours," Collins said. "You got to listen, got to lead and you're going to live. It's that simple."
Collins applauded his leadership along with Gov. Ron DeSantis during the state's preparations for the storm.
"We've led from the front. We have prioritized response in making sure we are on top of this," he said.
Collins revealed over 5,000 National Guard were on standby along with 400 state guard.
Over 6,000 utility vehicles and people were prepared to help with power outages across the Panhandle.
"You got to remind people, once the storm is passed the risk is not over," he said. "Don't go out there, don't get in water puddles or exposed water. Look out for power lines and remain safe. Use extreme caution."
Trump monitoring Hurricane Isaias 'very closely,' saying 'we have it under control'
President Trump said he is monitoring developments of Hurricane Isaias "very closely" Friday night.
"We're watching it very closely, the Hurricane," Trump told reporters after stepping off Marine One at the White House, according to Fox News.
"We think we have it under control," the president said. "But we're watching very, very closely, Alabama, thank you very much.
Trump was returning to Washington DC, after attending a rally in Syracuse earlier in the evening.
Hurricane Isaias weakens to Category 1 storm after making landfall in US
Hurricane Isaias was downgraded to a Category 1 storm as maximum sustained winds fell to 90 mph, the National Weather Service announced.
The storm was moving over the western Florida panhandle as it worked its way inland towards the southern states.
Damaging winds and flash flooding are expected as the storm continues to travel north.
Officials discontinued a hurricane warning west of the Mississippi–Alabama border.
Nearly 700,000 power outages reported as Isaias heads north from gulf coast
Nearly 700,000 people were without power between Florida, Georgia and Alabama as Hurricane Isaias moved inland after making landfall near Destin Friday night.
Floridians left in the dark total over 410,000 as of 1 a.m. Saturday, mostly in the panhandle counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton and Washington, according to tracker Poweroutage.us.
In Alabama, 253,840 customers were powerless as Isaias thrashed the southern portion of the state.
Georgia faced over 34,000 reports of power outages.