Hurricane Isaias kills four, cuts power to hundreds of thousands and halts Gulf oil production

Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida, killing four people, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and halting most Gulf of Mexico energy production.

• Isaias, a Category 2 storm, struck the Florida coast Friday and weakened as it moved over Alabama, with four deaths reported including two from fallen trees.
• Roughly 670,000 homes and businesses across Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi lost electricity.
• About 69 percent of Gulf of Mexico oil production and 57 percent of gas production shut down, with Chevron and Shell suspending operations.
• The US Energy Department authorized releasing up to four million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address supply disruptions.
• Isaias made landfall Friday evening near Destin in Florida's Panhandle with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph before weakening.
• Drone footage showed a residential building's roof torn off in Milton, Florida, during the hurricane's passage.
• The storm prompted coastal evacuations and issued storm-surge warnings across the southeastern United States on Friday.
• Isaias moved north and brought flash-flood and rip-current threats to the mid-Atlantic and Appalachian regions.
• President Trump approved emergency declarations for Florida, Alabama, and Georgia in response to the storm.