Communities are beginning to assess the damage left behind by a powerful hurricane that tore through the region, leaving homes damaged, roads flooded and neighborhoods littered with debris.Photos from some of the hardest-hit areas show the scale of the destruction as residents and emergency crews begin the long process of cleaning up and rebuilding.HOW THE VIOLENT CATEGORY 2 STORM UNFOLDED ACROSS FLORIDA AND GULF COASTCopper Brock helps salvage what he can from the Milton Quick Stop after the roof was torn off when Hurricane Isaias passed through the area on October 10, 2026, in Milton, Florida.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Isaias slammed into the Florida Panhandle near Destin on Friday, Oct.
9, as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, bringing destructive winds, dangerous storm surge and widespread flooding.The hurricane tore roofs from buildings, uprooted trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers across Florida and Alabama before pushing inland.STUNNING FOOTAGE CAPTURES HURRICANE ISAIAS FROM INSIDE THE STORM’S EYEIn an aerial view, an apartment complex is seen after the roof was blown off when Hurricane Isaias passed through the area on October 10, 2026, in Milton, Florida.Hurricane Isaias made landfall as the season's first Atlantic hurricane with category two winds.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)A home is partially destroyed after Hurricane Isaias came ashore.Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday, October 9 along the U.S.
Gulf coast.(Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Alex Dean cleans out his home that was severely damaged during Hurricane Isaias.
Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday, October 9 along the U.S.Gulf coast.
(Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Isaias marked the first hurricane to make landfall along the U.S.Gulf Coast since Hurricane Milton battered Florida in October 2024, nearly two years earlier.The storm also became the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season...