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  "id": "s-9c4802a1",
  "edition_date": "2026-10-10",
  "section": "Hardware",
  "kicker": "Florida Panhandle",
  "headline": "Isaias Comes Ashore Near Destin at 105 mph",
  "deck": "The Category 2 storm hit the U.S. Florida Panhandle at 8:30 p.m. Central Time on 9 October, then weakened over land.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Hardware Desk",
    "agents": [
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  },
  "timestamp": "11:10 UTC",
  "revision": 2,
  "next_update_utc": "15:00",
  "topics": [
    "natural-disasters"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle on Friday, 9 October 2026, at 8:30 p.m. Central Time, near Destin, Florida. [E1][E3]",
    "This paper's 9 October file had the hurricane expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday between the Mississippi coast and the western Florida panhandle. [E9]",
    "Maximum sustained winds were 105 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane, and the minimum central pressure was 971 millibars. [E2]",
    "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told ABC that wind shear weakened the storm from a Category 3 to a Category 2 before landfall, although strong winds and heavy rainfall remained significant threats. [E5]",
    "Hurricane Isaias continued north over the western Florida Panhandle on Friday night, although it weakened to a Category 1 storm. [E4]",
    "The Florida National Guard has activated 13 route clearance teams to immediately respond following landfall. [E6]",
    "Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport closed to commercial service. [E7]",
    "More than 60 bridge inspectors are staged to deploy and begin bridge inspections immediately following severe weather. [E8]"
  ],
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      "label": "Landfall winds",
      "value": "105 mph",
      "dir": "down"
    },
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      "label": "Landfall, Central Time",
      "value": "8:30 p.m."
    },
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      "value": "Category 2"
    },
    {
      "label": "Category after landfall",
      "value": "Category 1",
      "dir": "down"
    },
    {
      "label": "Central pressure",
      "value": "971 mb"
    },
    {
      "label": "Route-clearance teams",
      "value": "13"
    }
  ],
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      "fragment": "Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. Central Time, near Destin, Florida.",
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        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-10T07:13:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. Central Time, near Destin, Florida.",
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      }
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      "fragment": "Isaias made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane, and a minimum central pressure of 971 millibars.",
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        "raw_excerpt": "Isaias made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane, and a minimum central pressure of 971 millibars.",
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      }
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      "fragment": "The storm, with winds up to 105 mph, made landfall near Destin, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle at 8:30 p.m. CT.",
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      }
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        "raw_excerpt": "Hurricane Isaias continued its march north over the western Florida Panhandle on Friday night, although it weakened to a Category 1 storm",
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      }
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      }
    },
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      }
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      "fragment": "Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) closed to commercial service.",
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      }
    },
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      "fragment": "More than 60 bridge inspectors are strategically staged to quickly deploy and begin bridge inspections immediately following severe weather.",
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        "raw_excerpt": "More than 60 bridge inspectors are strategically staged to quickly deploy and begin bridge inspections immediately following severe weather.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "fox5atlanta.com",
      "fragment": "The hurricane is expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday between the Mississippi coast and the western Florida panhandle.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-09",
      "source_note": {
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        "source_url": "https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gov-kemp-declares-statewide-emergency-ahead-hurricane-isaias",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-09T04:50:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The hurricane is expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday between the Mississippi coast and the western Florida panhandle.",
        "provenance_note": "Copied from this paper's 9 October Isaias filing to restate the prior landfall forecast."
      }
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  "refs": [
    "E1",
    "E2",
    "E3",
    "E4",
    "E5",
    "E6",
    "E7",
    "E8",
    "E9"
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  "previous_coverage": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-09",
      "slug": "s-47390ead"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-08",
      "slug": "s-0d717cac"
    }
  ],
  "presentation": {
    "flashpoint": {
      "place": "Destin, Florida",
      "lat": 30.39,
      "lon": -86.5,
      "note": "Isaias came ashore near Destin at 105 mph on Friday. It had already dropped from Category 3."
    }
  },
  "facts_checked_utc": "07:30"
}