Thousands without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves north

Linhas de energia derrubadas após o furacão Isaias em Milton, Flórida, no sábado. Fotografia: Gerald Herbert/APView image in fullscreenDown power lines in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in Milton, Florida, on Saturday.

Photograph: Gerald Herbert/APHurricane IsaiasThousands without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves northAt least four deaths linked to storm amid warnings of flash flooding that could stretch into Appalachians.

Prefira o Guardian no Google. À medida que o que restou do furacão Isaias avançou para o norte no domingo, trazendo chuvas moderadas a intensas pelos Apalaches centrais e pela região do meio Atlântico, quase 396.

000 clientes na região do Florida Panhandle e no sul do Alabama permaneceram sem energia.

Heavy rainfall associated with the storm could bring isolated flash flooding and strong wind gusts and remain a threat across the south-eastern US, especially near the southern Appalachians, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

That could bring scattered power outages and downed trees and power lines. Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions were expected to continue along the Gulf and south-eastern Atlantic coasts.

According to the National Weather Service, parts of the Carolinas and Virginia, including Raleigh, Richmond and Washington DC were under threat of tornadoes on Sunday.

Read moreAt least four deaths were linked to the storm, including two people killed when trees fell on to homes in Florida and Alabama. Forecasters warned that flooding could stretch into the Appalachians.

Isaias came ashore as a category 2 hurricane on Friday near Destin, Florida, a Gulf Coast vacation spot filled with high-rises and tourist shops. This has been the first hurricane to make landfall in the continental US in two years, since Milton struck western Florida in October 2024.

Apesar de alertas sobre recuos de mar antes da tempestade, várias rotas principais ao longo da costa estavam abertas ao amanhecer de sábado e livres de árvores caídas e linhas de energia normalmente vistas após grandes furacões.

Ventos com força de furacão na região norte da Flórida arrancaram o telhado de um hotel em Pensacola, e o prefeito da cidade disse que o aeroporto “took some damage”.

A tempestade derrubou uma casa de barcos em Destin e arrancou parte da fachada de um arranha‑céu em Panama City Beach.

View image in fullscreenCity of Crestview police officers direct traffic after the traffic signals stopped working when Hurricane Isaias passed through the area on Saturday in Milton, Florida.

Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Isaias roared farther into Alabama with tropical-force winds.

One person died when a tree fell on a house in Birmingham, the city’s fire chief, Cory Moon, said. A second storm-related death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle crash involving a downed tree in Barbour county, said Josh Johnson of the state’s emergency management agency.

Ao longo da costa do Golfo do Alabama, autoridades em Mobile relataram numerosos árvores caídas e linhas de energia.

Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Georgia after the president did the same for Florida and Alabama, allowing for federal aid.

O Departamento de Energia dos EUA autorizou trocas de emergência de petróleo bruto do reservatório estratégico de petróleo da nação para lidar com interrupções no fornecimento devido à tempestade.

The NWS said parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see heavy rain capable of causing flash floods.

Ver imagem em tela cheia Um membro da guarda nacional do México está em pé na calçada de Puerto Vallarta enquanto ondas batem contra a costa, antes do possível impacto do furacão Simon em Puerto Vallarta, estado de Jalisco, México, no domingo.

Photograph: Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, in the Pacific, Simon strengthened to 155mph (250kph), only just below the threshold for becoming a category 5 storm, as it approached Mexico’s coast.

Simon was expected to bring heavy rainfall beginning on Sunday to parts of south-western Mexico with life-threatening flooding and mudslides.

Os meteorologistas dizem que as condições trazidas por Simon estão se espalhando para o norte ao longo de uma faixa de costa que inclui Puerto Vallarta. A chuva pode chegar a uma média de 8 a 16 polegadas em setores do sudoeste do México, com até 30 polegadas possíveis em alguns locais de Michoacán, Colima e Jalisco até segunda-feira.

A woman, a man and their dog in Burke county, North Carolina, were rescued on the Catawba River after their camping trip was overflown by the rising water brought by remnants of Simon that caught them off guard.

Tropical storm Rachel was also expected to bring heavy winds and rain to northern Mexico and southern California. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning in parts of San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties.

Officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for some residents in the Long Beach peninsula through Tuesday.

Eight buildings have been red-tagged, or deemed unsafe to enter, and one has been yellow-tagged amid conditions from Rachel. Long Beach officials have provided about 11,000 sandbags for the storm to protect homes from the rising tide.