NewzIsaias weakened after making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 hurricane Friday evening. Its powerful winds left hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle without power early Saturday.
It was the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.Here's the latest:Trump approves an emergency declaration for GeorgiaThe president on Saturday authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide resources to Georgia to deal with impacts from the storm, including possible tornadoes.Local news outlets are reporting a handful of roads already have been blocked by fallen trees around Atlanta.The National Hurricane Center said parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, though totals are likely to be 3 to 6 inches (7 to 15 centimeters).The center said tornadoes are possible across eastern Georgia and the Carolinas.Hurricane Simon barrels toward Mexico’s Pacific coastSimon will be “be near or just inland” of Mexico’s west-central coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.The hurricane could drop 20 inches (50 cm) of rain on parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas in the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco receiving up to 30 inches (75 centimeters).Convenience stores, hotels and other businesses in Puerto Vallerta, a popular tourist destination in Jalisco, boarded up their windows ahead of Simon’s arrival.“Let’s hope it doesn’t hit us, right? That it doesn’t affect us,” Jesús Gómez said outside a store as he handed out candied peanuts to passersby. He said he plans to keep working until authorities tell him to take shelter.The hurricane center expects a dangerous storm surge carryinglarge, destructive waves “along the immediate coast near and to the east of where the center makes landfall.”Canadian tourist Ed Currie and his wife still have five days left of their Puerto Vallarta vacation.
He said they plan to stay inside the hotel. “I just don’t know what to expect,” Currie said.Authorities report at least 4 storm-related deaths in Alabama and FloridaAnother two deaths were confirmed Saturday, raising the death toll in both states to four since Isaias came ashore overnight.In Escambia County in Florida, Sheriff Chip Simmons said on Facebook that one woman died after a tree fell on her home.Simmons later said a man was found dead at home, … It was the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.Here's the latest:Hurricane Simon barrels toward Mexico’s Pacific coastSimon will be “be near or just inland” of Mexico’s west-central coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.The hurricane could drop 20 inches (50 cm) of rain on parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas in the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco receiving up to 30 inches (75 centimeters).Convenience stores, hotels and other businesses in Puerto Vallerta, a popular tourist destination in Jalisco, boarded up their windows ahead of Simon’s arrival.“Let’s hope it doesn’t hit us, right?
with a tree down on a structure and people trapped. One person was treated at the scene and a second person was pronounced dead.A second storm related death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle accident involving a downed tree in Barbour County, …
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