Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin in Florida’s Panhandle as a Category 2 storm on the evening of 9 October in the United States. In India, it was already the morning of 10 October. Coastal communities had evacuated ahead of its arrival.
National Hurricane Center updates early on 10 October UTC described the storm moving inland, with damaging winds and flash-flood risks extending beyond the immediate coast. Storm-surge hazards had also affected the Gulf Coast as the hurricane approached land.
The storm’s strength changed after landfall, so its landfall category should not be treated as a live measure of conditions everywhere along its path. This brief records the overnight development; current warnings and local emergency instructions remain the appropriate sources for people in affected areas.