Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened

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• Key things to know about Hurricane Isaias

Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, said no requests for search and rescue assistance had been received following Isaias, which he described as “cautiously, a good sign”.

Speaking to Fox News, he said:

I think that may be a sign that people heeded the warnings, took proper precautions. We sure would love to say we have not gotten a report of a fatality yet, and we’ll see what happens.

There’s also a lot of hazards post-storm that people should be careful of, but so far we’ve had a lot of assets in place that have not been called on, which is a good sign. I’d rather be over-prepared, and not have to use them, than not have what you need.”

Hurricane Isaias has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, after it made landfall in Florida and lashed the US Gulf coast with heavy rain and fierce winds.

The category 2 hurricane hit the coast near Destin, Florida, late on Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 105mph.

The storm is expected to move <a href="https://warsaw.today/skies-across-the-uk-illuminated-by-the-northern-lights/” title=”Skies across the UK illuminated by the northern lights”>across Alabama and into the Tennessee Valley, the NHC added, with maximum sustained winds decreased to near 35mph.

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Source: www.theguardian.com