10/10/2026
Latest Hurricane Isaias update from staff:
Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 9, as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour.
Tallahassee began experiencing substantial impacts roughly 6 hours before landfall. With approximately 5” of rain and wind gusts peaking at 52mph, the storm brought down trees and power lines across our community. As a result, over 37,000 customers experienced outages.
Crews immediately began restoration efforts in the midst of a flash flood warning and tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service. Crews made steady progress throughout the day and overnight and have restored approximately 35,543 customers.
Five broken poles were identified. Additional crews came online at 6 a.m. to assist in final restorations. As of 7:45 a.m., we are 98.5% restored and crews will continue working throughout the day to restore power to the remaining complex, isolated and individual outages.
TPD, Community Beautification & Waste Management, and Electric crews cleared roads that were blocked by downed trees and numerous trees from electric lines.
Downed trees broke at least 5 power poles and caused significant damage to distribution lines and a main transmission line, which crews worked through the night to repair and restore.
TFD responded to two storm-related structure fires last night.
Numerous traffic signals went dark in the heaviest bands of the storm, but crews worked to deploy generators and restore power, and all 364 traffic signals were operational by 10 p.m.
Customer Operations has responded to 12,200 calls and DigiTally requests.
Tallahassee International Airport remained open and fully operational through the storm, though several incoming flights were cancelled by the airlines.
The Florida National Guard, State EOC, Staten Guard, and AT&T Disaster Services are staging aircraft and equipment at TLH to assist recovery efforts across the panhandle. Flights resumed this morning.
To assist communities to our west with their recovery efforts, TFD’s Urban Search and Rescue Team, Florida Task Force 7, with 23 personnel, including a team from Fleet, are deploying this morning.
