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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami, Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencies

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida with severe effects expected across several states

An American flag flaps in the wind
An empty beach on 9 October 2026, in Mon Louis Island, Alabama. Photograph: Octavio Jones/AP

Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening, sweeping ashore from the northern Gulf of Mexico as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said the center of the cyclone made landfall at 9.30pm ET as a category 2 hurricane with winds reaching 105 mph (165km/h).

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