Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall on US Gulf Coast, Bringing Damaging Winds, Storm Surge, and Tornado Threat

Category 3 Hurricane Isaias has made landfall along the western Florida Panhandle, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph. Hurricane Warnings are in effect from the Mississippi/Alabama border to the Bay/Gulf County Line, FL, and Storm Surge Warnings extend from Dauphin Island, AL to the Suwannee River. The storm is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, devastating winds, heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding, and a tornado threat across parts of the Florida Panhandle, southeastern Alabama, and southwestern Georgia. FEMA is actively preparing, and evacuation orders are in place in parts of Florida and Alabama.