2026-10-08
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Evacuations are underway along the Florida Panhandle as Hurricane Isaias gains strength in the Gulf.
The storm is expected to make landfall somewhere between southeastern Louisiana
and the Florida Panhandle in the next 36 to 48 hours.
Residents and tourists are being told to leave in areas that include
Fort Walton Beach and Destin, as NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.
National Hurricane Center Director Mike Brennan says ESA-ES is gaining
steam as it moves over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
ESA-ES is expected to be a strengthening.
A strong hurricane as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Friday into Friday night and Saturday.
You can see multiple life-threatening impacts from storm surge, heavy rainfall flooding, and hurricane-force winds.
The governors of Alabama and Florida have declared states of emergencies,
and the impending storm has prompted school closures and event cancellations throughout the region.
The Marine Minerals Administration reports about 25 percent of offshore
oil and 16 percent of natural gas production in the Gulf curtailed.
Debbie Elliott, NPR News.
The hurricane's top sustained winds are currently 80 miles per hour.
Less than a month before the November midterm elections,