Four dead after Hurricane Isaias crashes into US - as Mexico braces itself for major storm
Four people have died after Hurricane Isaias smashed into the US Gulf Coast. <p>Two of the deaths were in Florida while the other fatalities were in <strong><a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/alabama-5713/1" target="_self">Alabama</a></strong>.</p><p>The <a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/hurricane-5781/1" target="_self"><strong>hurricane</strong></a> was a category 2 <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/hurricane-isaias-makes-landfall-in-us-bringing-life-threatening-winds-13597099" target="_self"><strong>when it came ashore</strong></a><strong> </strong>on <a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/florida-5687/1" target="_self"><strong>Florida</strong></a>'s coast early on Saturday, and it has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power in the state and Alabama.</p><p>It brought damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding and life-threatening storm surges, leaving a trail of destruction.</p><widget id="6"></widget><p>About 10 million people remained under flood alerts from northern Florida to southern <strong><a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/virginia-5686/1" target="_self">Virginia</a></strong>.</p><p>It comes as Simon - a category 4 hurricane - barrelled towards the Pacific coast of <a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/mexico-6001/1" target="_self"><strong>Mexico</strong></a>.</p><p>Simon has strengthened to 155mph (250kph) which is just below the threshold for becoming a maximum category 5 storm.</p><p>Meanwhile, Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone as it moved north, but it still blew roofs off hotels and apartments, and flattened a boathouse.</p><p>One of the deaths in Florida involved a fallen tree, while in the other, a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator running in his garage.</p><p>Four of his family members, ranging in age from four to 72, were treated, but were expected to survive.</p> <widget id="3"></widget><p>One person died when a tree fell on a house in Birmingham, Alabama.</p><p>A second storm-related death in Alabama was attributed to a vehicle crash involving a downed tree in Barbour County.</p><p>The Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually quiet this year, and Isaias was the first hurricane to hit the eastern US since 2024.</p><p><strong>More from Sky News:</strong><br /><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/fourteen-killed-in-two-separate-us-mass-shootings-13597601" target="_self"><strong>14 killed in two separate US mass shootings</strong></a><br /><a href="https://news.sky.com/video/how-trumps-data-centre-boom-is-fuelling-anger-and-uniting-right-and-left-voters-ahead-of-midterm-elections-13597634" target="_self"><strong>Trump's AI data centre boom fuels anger</strong></a></p> <widget id="4"></widget><p>The National Weather Service said parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see heavy rain capable of causing flash floods, with some experts expecting 25cm (10in).</p><p>The storm was expected to move into the Tennessee Valley and then the mid-Atlantic on Sunday.</p><p>It's predicted that Simon could bring 25-50cm (10-20in) of rain over parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas in the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco getting up to 76cm (30in).</p><p>Forecasters have warned of life-threatening floods and mudslides as a result.</p>