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Hurricane Isias in Florida and Alabama; Four dead and hundreds of thousands without electricity

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Hurricane Isias in Florida and Alabama; Four dead and hundreds of thousands without electricity

Hurricane Isias in Florida and Alabama; Four dead and hundreds of thousands without electricity

In the United States, at least four people died after the storm "Isaias".

According to the official information published from the states of Florida and Alabama, hundreds of thousands of people also faced power outages.

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, announced that in this state alone, the electricity was cut off for about 430,000 subscribers. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency also announced that approximately 200,000 households in the state were experiencing power outages.

Hurricane Isaiah reached the Florida coast on Friday with winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour and made landfall. A state of emergency has been declared in several US states.

According to the US National Hurricane Center, the effects of this storm could be felt in the states of Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.