Four deaths as Hurricane Isaias moves across south-east USA

According to Barbados Nation, Four people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power after Hurricane Isaias battered parts of the southern United States with powerful winds and heavy rain. Officials reported two deaths each in the states of Alabama and Florida, which included people who were killed when trees fell on their houses. At least 600 000 people were without power in several states as of Saturday afternoon, according to tracker PowerOutage. Isaias made landfall in Florida late on Friday with maximum sustained winds of 105mph (168km/h) before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. The storm felled trees and ripped the roofs off buildings. Alabama, Florida and Georgia all declared states of emergency ahead of its arrival, while both Florida and Alabama issued mandatory evacuation orders to thousands of people. Two deaths were reported in Florida’s Escambia County. A woman was killed when a tre