Florida to Mobilize 5,000 National Guard Soldiers Ahead of Hurricane Isaias
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Residents boarded up windows and stacked sandbags on Thursday as thousands of National Guard soldiers were deployed in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias, which brought strong winds and threatened to cause a storm surge with devastating flooding along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Isaias is the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and is expected to create dangerous conditions in the northwestern part of Florida, southern Alabama, and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall on Friday night. Heavy rain and flooding could occur through the weekend, even in northern states like Tennessee and North Carolina. The Category 2 hurricane is most likely to impact the border between Alabama and Florida, causing a life-threatening storm surge in Pensacola Bay, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). However, there is a slight chance it could make landfall further west, significantly affecting Mobile, Alabama, or further east, impacting cities like Pensacola and Destin in Florida.
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
