President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration For Florida As Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall | JP
Hurricane Isaias officially made landfall on the Florida panhandle on Friday night.
According to meteorologists, the hurricane has been classified as a category 2 storm, with winds clocked at 105 mph.
Here are some videos of the hurricane causing damage and flooding:
The wrath of category 3 major Hurricane Isaias has arrived in Fort Walton Beach to Destin, Florida with winds gusting over 80 mph. Ears popping with wind surges pic.twitter.com/2oKG45LPNf
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) October 9, 2026
🚨🇺🇲 FLASH FLOODING has hit Fort Walton Beach, just west of Destin.
Hurricane Isaias is absolutely POUNDING Florida’s Panhandle.
It looks like the water is creeping HIGHER and HIGHER as it swallows more ground.
Writer: Marie pic.twitter.com/siXh1xZPpp
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 10, 2026
Wear TV reported Trump approved Florida’s emergency declaration:
FEMA announced Friday night that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Florida to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Isaias.
The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all federal disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.
The assistance is for Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties, as well as Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla and Washington counties.
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75% federal funding.
Here are more scenes of the hurricane touching down in Florida:
7:45 PM CDT: this might be the most insane footage I’ve taken in 26 tropical cyclones and 12 years of chasing. #FLwx #Isaias #Florida #Hurricane pic.twitter.com/AMN6x9w5Kv
— Tyler Spalding (@FloridaPA27) October 10, 2026
storm surge is starting to push into destin, florida, according to storm chaser @Clint_WX, as hurricane isaias nears landfall.
the category 2 storm is packing 110 mph winds near pensacola. forecasters warn coastal flooding could reach 9 feet in some areas.…
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) October 10, 2026
ABC News provided an update on Hurricane Isaias:
Communities on the U.S. Gulf Coast are bracing as Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday night as a Category 2 storm.
The storm, with winds up to 105 mph, made landfall near Destin, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle at 8:30 p.m. CT. As it continued its march over the western part of the Panhandle, the storm weakened to a Category 1.
A hurricane warning is currently in effect from just east of Biloxi, Mississippi, through Mobile and Pensacola to Panama City and Mexico Beach, Florida.
Many low-lying and coastal areas, particularly on the Florida Panhandle, are under evacuation orders, with communities preparing for strong winds that could near 120 mph in some locations, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference Friday morning.
Storm surge warnings are also in place along the coast, with surges forecast to reach up to 9 feet from the Santa Rosa/Okaloosa County Line, Florida, to Grayton Beach, Florida.
Here’s what Governor Ron DeSantis had to say about potential looters taking advantage of the storm:
🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis just dropped this CHILLING LINE on looters preparing to raid Floridians after Hurricane Isaias
“Looters, you DON’T want to do it in Florida — you *DEFINITELY* don’t want to do it in the PANHANDLE.”
“You never know what may be on the OTHER SIDE OF… pic.twitter.com/w6iUYv1QwC
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 9, 2026