<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/deadly-isaias-start-finish-trail-destruction-gulf-coast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HOW THE VIOLENT CATEGORY 2 STORM UNFOLDED ACROSS FLORIDA AND GULF COAST</strong></a></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/crazy-saildrone-hurricane-isaias-gulf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>STUNNING FOOTAGE CAPTURES HURRICANE ISAIAS FROM INSIDE THE STORM’S EYE</strong></a></p><p>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.</p><p>The storm also became the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, ending an unusually quiet stretch that saw no hurricanes develop until October.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ron-desantis-deploys-army-linemen-florida-races-clear-roads-restore-power-after-isaias-landfall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>DESANTIS DEPLOYS AN ARMY TO CLEAR ROADS, RESTORE POWER AFTER ISAIAS' LANDFALL</strong></a></p><p>As Isaias moved inland and weakened, the full extent of the hurricane's destruction began to emerge.</p><p>Stunning images from across the Gulf Coast capture what the powerful storm left behind.</p>
