Hurricane Isaias kills two and leaves hundreds of thousands without power in US Southeast

Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida's Panhandle Friday as a Category 2 storm, then weakened to a post-tropical cyclone while cutting power across the Southeast.

• Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening with sustained winds of 169km/h before weakening to a post-tropical cyclone.
• Two people died when falling trees struck homes in Birmingham, Alabama, and Escambia County, Florida, local officials said.
• Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers were without power across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, according to PowerOutage.us.
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said officials had not confirmed storm fatalities and warned that the flooding threat was "not over."
• At least three people died in the storm as it swept across the Southeast, officials in Alabama and Florida said.
• More than 800,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity across the South, with Florida and Alabama hardest hit.
• About 63% of Gulf of Mexico oil output was suspended, roughly 1.3 million barrels per day, as Chevron and Shell halted operations.