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  The latest Isaias drops heavy rain on Alabama as Mexico's Pacific coast
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  prepares for Simon. This article is being read by an automated voice
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  generated by Everlet. Isayas weakened after making landfall on the US Gulf
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  Coast near Destin, Florida, as a Category two Hurricane Friday evening. Its
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  powerful winds left hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and the
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  Florida panhandle without power early Saturday. It was the first hurricane of
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  the Atlantic season. Here's the latest. Trump approves an emergency declaration for
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  Georgia. The President on Saturday authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to
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  provide resources to Georgia to deal with impacts from the storm, including
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  possible tornadoes. Local news outlets are reporting a handful of roads already
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  have been blocked by fallen trees around Atlanta. The National Hurricane center
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  said parts of Georgia and the Carolinas.
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  Could see up to ten inches twenty five centimeters of rain, though
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  totals are likely to be three to six inches, seven to fifteen
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  centimeters. The center said.
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  Tornadoes are possible across eastern Georgia and the Carolinas. Hurricane Simon Barrels
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  toward Mexico, Pacific coast. Simon will be B near or just inland
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  of Mexico's west central coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center in
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  Miami said. The hurricane could drop twenty inches of rain on parts
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  of southwestern Mexico, with some areas in the states of Michoacan, Colima,
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  and Jalisco receiving up to thirty inches, seventy five centimeters. Convenience store
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  hotels, and other businesses in Porto Vallerta, a popular tourist destination in
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  Jalisco, boarded up their windows ahead of Simon's arrival. Let's hope it
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  doesn't hit us, right? That it doesn't affect us, Jesus Gomez said
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  outside a store as he handed out candied peanuts to passers by.
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  He said he plans to keep working until authorities tell him to
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  take shelter. The Hurricane Center expects a dangerous storm surge carrying large,
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  destructive waves along the immediate coast near, and to the east of
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  where the center makes landfall. Canadian tourist Ed Curry and his wife
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  still have five days left of their Porto Vallarta vacation. He said
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  they plan to stay inside the hotel. I just don't know what
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  to expect, Curry said Authorities report at least four storm related deaths
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  in Alabama and Florida. Another two deaths were confirmed Saturday, raising the
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  death toll in both states to four since Esaias came ashore overnight.
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  In Escambia County in Florida, Sheriff Chip Simmons said on Facebook that
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  one woman died after a tree fell on her home. Simmons later
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  said.
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  A man was found dead at home, killed by carbon monoxide fumes
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  from a generator running in his garage. Four more family members, ranging
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  in age from four to seventy two years old, were taken to
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  hospitals with non life threatening injuries, his office said. In
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  Alabama Cory Moon, Fire Chief of Birmingham's Fire and Rescue Service, told
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  the Associated Press it responded to a call around five AM with
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  a tree down on a structure, and people trapped. One person was
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  treated at The
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  scene, and a second person was pronounced dead. A second storm related
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  death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle accident involving a
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  downed tree in Barber County, according to Josh Johnson of the Alabama
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  Emergency Management Agency. Johnson had no further details. Federal government addresses disruptions
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  in oil supply due to Isaiah. The Energy
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  Department announced Saturday it has authorized emergency exchanges of as much as
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  four million gallons of crude oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve.
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  ExxonMobil and BP America, each authorized for up to two million barrels,
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  will have to return more barrels in twenty twenty seven than they
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  withdrew, the department said in a statement. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said
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  the goal is to help maintain refinery operations, limit disruptions to fuel
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  supplies, and ensure America families and businesses continue to have access to
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  affordable, reliable, and secure energy. The Blue Cross NC three hundred in
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  Charlotte has been postponed. The race will now take place on Sunday
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  at 8 p.m. Due to the storm, officials with the Charlotte Motor
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  Speedway announced Saturday. It will follow the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of
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  America 400 at the track in Concord, North Carolina. Forecasters are predicting
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  three to six inches seven to fifteen centimeters of rain in parts
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  of Georgia
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  and North and South Carolina due to Ice IS, with ten inches
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  twenty five centimeters possible in some areas. Isaiah has been downgraded from
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  a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone. Isaias creeps north with heavy rains
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  expected from Alabama to the Carolinas. Isaias is moving into northern Alabama,
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  still dishing out heavy rains and strong wind gusts. The National Hurricane
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  Center says flood watches remain for parts of the southeastern US and
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  southern Appalachians. Forecasters say parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see
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  up to ten inches of rain though totals are likely to be
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  three to six inches, seven to fifteen centimeters. Two deaths reported in
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  the aftermath of Isaiah. Two deaths, one in Alabama and another in
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  Florida, have been reported in the aftermath of Isaiah. One person died
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  when a tree fell on their house in a neighborhood of Birmingham,
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  according to Shay Hess, an emergency management officer with the Jefferson County
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  Emergency Management Agency. She had no further details. In Florida, Excambia County,
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  Sheriff Chip Simmons said. In a video posted on his Facebook page
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  that one woman died after a tree well on her home. He
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  did not provide additional details. Storm surge warnings are discontinued, but high
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  winds remain a threat. That is according to Robbie Berg, a warning
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  coordination meteorologist, with The
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  National Hurricane Center in Miami All tropical storm surge warnings have been
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  discontinued as of this morning, but there are still high wind warnings
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  for portions of the southeast, Berg said. So even though it has
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  become post tropical, it still does remain a wind threat as well
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  as a heavy rainfall threat. We could see some areas of significant
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  flash flooding over the next couple of days. Hurricane Simon strengthens as
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  it approaches Mexico. Simon has strengthened into a powerful Category four hurricane
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  as it barrels toward Mexico's coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami
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  said early Saturday Simon's maximum sustained winds increased to one hundred and
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  fifty miles per hour, two hundred and forty kilometers per hour. A
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  storm of that strength or greater is considered a major hurricane. Simon
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  could bring as much as ten to twenty inches, twenty five to
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  fifty centimeters, of rain over parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas
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  receiving up to thirty inches, then center said. The Bulletin also urged
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  residents to take immediate action to prepare, saying the hurricane will make
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  landfall early Sunday, but tropical storm strength winds could arrive much sooner.
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  Simon is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Parts
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  of southwestern Mexico, possibly concentrated along Jalisco's coast, and in parts of
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  Miquacan, Kalima, and Nayarit. Isaias weakens overnight but is still considered a
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  flood threat. Isayas weakened overnight and was no longer considered a hurricane,
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  but flash flooding threats, and the potential for tornadoes persisted Saturday, as
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  the
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  storm moved inland across Alabama. The storm, now considered a post tropical
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  cyclone, made landfall Friday as a Category two hurricane, then quickly moved
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  north through Alabama as its wind speeds dropped sharply to thirty five
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  miles per hour, fifty five kilometers per hour, but the possibility of
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  life threatening storm surges still loomed for parts of the Florida panhandle.
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  Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power. Parts of southern Alabama
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  also were flooded, with officials in Mobile reporting down trees and power
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  lines roads.
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  In Houston County, which is in the southeastern corner of the state,
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  were closed because of similar conditions. More than 911000 customers in Florida,
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  Alabama, and Georgia were without power early Saturday, according to PowerOuttage dot
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  com. One Floridian describes intense winds in passable roads. Tim Mowrie rode
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  out the storm from his home, in Pensacola, Florida. He says the
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  wind was so intense it sounded like a train whistle as it
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  whipped through a crack on his patio door. He said overall the
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  storm wasn't as bad as he expected. He had standing water in
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  his backyard, and parts of a fence were ripped down. He also
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  lost power, but was able to rely on a generator. Maury said
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  his son, who lives nearby, was unable to drive to Maori's house
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  due to downed trees and power lines blocking the roads. As far
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  as Pensacola wise, we really got fortunate, Maori said. Pensacola Mayor says
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  airport sustained some damage. Pensacola Mayor DC Reeves said on his Facebook
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  page that the airport took some damage. Some power was out downtown,
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  he said, and there were trees and power lines down in some
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  areas. Meanwhile, strong winds blew the roof off a hotel in the
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  city. Governor Ron DeSantis warns that flooding threat persists in the wake
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  of Isaiah. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says there were no confirmed reports
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  of fatalities from ISIS, and that all state owned bridges and major
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  thoroughfares in the state are now open. DeSantis warned that flooding dangers
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  persist, especially in areas far east of the storm, where it will
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  continue raining. The risk of flooding is still high, DeSantis said. Sometimes
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  these things happen a day or two days after the storm goes
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  through, so the flooding story is not over.