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Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US

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Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes USWorldPing
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What happened

Roofs were ripped off buildings after Isaias barrelled into the US on Friday evening, before it weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.

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  • Reported by BBC News and published Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:08:17 UTC.

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  1. Hurricane Isaias leaves two dead and 800,000 without power in US Southeast

  2. Israeli combat medicine slashes IDF deaths after Oct 7, draws US military interest

  3. At least 2 deaths attributed to Isaias after hurricane bashes Florida and Alabama

  4. Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US

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Isaias downgraded to post-tropical cyclone after landfall in Florida

Isaias weakened from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday after it made landfall in northwestern Florida, where it lashed the U.S. Gulf Coast with heavy rain and strong winds, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org