Alabama continues recovery efforts after Hurricane Isaias

The state continued clean-up and recovery from Hurricane Isaias Sunday morning.

The hurricane made landfall Friday night and caused at least two deaths, one in Jefferson County and one in Barbour County.

The storm also left thousands without power. According to poweroutage.us, as of Sunday morning, over 70,000 Alabamians did not have power, down from about 300,000 early Saturday morning. Coffee and Houston Counties have the most outages with nearly 9,000 residents with no power each.

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said in a statement Saturday night that power outages in the area were mostly restored and roads in the city were opening again.

“Throughout the day, our public works teams have been out in full force clearing fallen trees, downed power lines and scattered debris. Thanks to their tireless efforts, all major roads are now open and storm debris has been fully cleared from public areas,” the statement said.

According to the Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) website, the county entered post-storm response Saturday. As of Sunday morning, no injuries had been reported in the county.

Messages seeking comment were left with the Alabama, Baldwin County and Mobile County Emergency Management Agency Sunday morning.

Baldwin County EMA’s website also said hazardous conditions such as traffic signals without power, downed or damaged power lines and fallen trees still remain.

Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida around 8:30 p.m. as a Category 2 hurricane with wind speeds of 105 mph. The storm shifted slightly east toward Central Alabama. 

The hurricane was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 29 mph. As of Sunday morning there have been no reports of tornadoes in Alabama and wind advisories across the state expired Saturday night. No further advisories have been published.