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Isaias Leaves Thousands Without Power After Striking Gulf Coast

Bloomberg Markets Saturday 10 October 2026, 09:32 UTC By Joe Wertz 1 min read
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Isaias Leaves Thousands Without Power After Striking Gulf Coast More than 800,000 customers were without power Saturday as communities across the US Gulf Coast began assessing the damage left by Hurricane Isaias, which brought destructive winds, widespread flooding and storm surge. The Category 2 storm made landfall at 8:30 p.m. near Destin, Florida, with top winds of 105 miles (169 kilometers) an hour and quickly degraded into a post-tropical cyclone, according to the US National Hurricane...

Isaias Leaves Thousands Without Power After Striking Gulf Coast More than 800,000 customers were without power Saturday as communities across the US Gulf Coast began assessing the damage left by Hurricane Isaias, which brought destructive winds, widespread flooding and storm surge. The Category 2 storm made landfall at 8:30 p.m. near Destin, Florida, with top winds of 105 miles (169 kilometers) an hour and quickly degraded into a post-tropical cyclone, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
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