One person killed as Hurricane Isaias brings heavy rain, wind to Alabama
Oct 10, 2026 | 11:20 am ET
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A person walks through the wind and rain as Hurricane Isaias passes through Pensacola, Florida, on Oct. 9, 2026. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 2 storm Friday night. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Hurricane Isaias caused severe damage in parts of southern Alabama Saturday and led to the death of at least one person in Birmingham.
The storm made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Florida, at approximately 8:30 p.m. CST Friday evening, bringing high winds and heavy rains throughout the state.
Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency confirmed that a person was killed in Birmingham around 5 a.m. on Saturday when a tree fell on a house.
National Weather Service stations in Birmingham and Mobile said they received reports of damage throughout the evening.
“Significant trees and powerline damage,” said Jason Beam, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile. “Many of our inland counties were at a 100% power loss, and there was some heavy damage to the power infrastructure. Monroe County is one example of that.”
The storm Saturday morning had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone whose center is located between Birmingham and Montgomery, according to the National Weather Service. A high wind advisory remained in effect for most of central and northern Alabama.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement early Saturday morning that the major concern was “strong winds, heavy rain and possible spinoff tornadoes in certain parts of the state.”
According to the website poweroutage.us, which tracks power outages in the U.S., about 275,000 Alabamians were without power as of 9:48 a.m. Saturday morning. The number represented almost 11% of the more than 2.6 million customers in the state, though it was down from about 300,000 people earlier Saturday morning. The website reported Houston, Mobile and Baldwin counties with the highest number of outages.
In five counties — Wilcox, Conecuh, Monroe, Geneva and Coffee — a majority of residents were without power, according to the website.
Some parts of the state experienced heavy rainfall, with counties in southwest Alabama getting about 2 inches of rain while the areas east of that received about 8 inches.
Thus far, no tornadoes have been reported in the state.
FEMA announced in a news release Friday evening that President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for the state, which makes available federal disaster assistance.
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