Isaias Kills 4, Spawns 13 Tornadoes in Georgia and the Carolinas, and Heads for the Northeast

People walk through the water in a flooded shopping center parking lot in Tiger Point, Florida, on October 10, 2026. The southeastern United States faced a high risk of flooding on Saturday as Isaias, weakened from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone, advanced northward from its landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast. The southeastern United States faced a high risk of flooding on Saturday as Isaias, weakened from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone, advanced northward from its landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast. Isaias roared ashore late Friday as a Category 2 hurricane near the resort community of Destin, Florida, packing sustained winds of 105 miles (165 kilometers) per hour, before weakening overnight, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. (Credit: Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

The Briefing

• Hurricane Isaias has killed at least four people — two in Florida's Escambia County and two in Alabama — and generated 13 confirmed tornadoes in Georgia and South Carolina as post-tropical remnants continue marching northeast.
• Power restoration is under way across the Gulf Coast, with hundreds of thousands still without electricity; Florida Power & Light has mobilized 16,000 workers from 29 states and expects to restore 95% of customers able to safely receive service.
• As of Sunday, Isaias's remnants are pushing through Tennessee toward Kentucky, with active tornado risk in the Carolinas and flash flood concerns extending into the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.