Hurricane Isaias, a Diesel Deal, and a Wine Heist

When people in the American South first heard the name of the storm heading toward the Gulf Coast, some blinked in confusion. "I don't know how to pronounce this because it's not normal," Florida Governor Ron DeSantis admitted, calling it "Isaiah" instead of Isaias. By Monday morning, everyone along the Gulf Coast knew the name well. After making landfall in Florida and Alabama, the Category 2 hurricane left a trail of destruction and close to a million Americans without power.

The Storm's Toll

ABC meteorologist Leslie Lopez surveyed the damage from the ground and from a Coast Guard helicopter over Pensacola. "It sounded like a freight train," she reported. The windfield was punishing even on the weaker side, with 40 to 50 mile per hour gusts, while the stronger side clocked 90 mile per hour winds. The result: downed trees everywhere. "These are huge old oak trees, magnolia trees," Lopez said. "They're everywhere, bringing down power poles." Rooftops were blown off, fences strewn across neighborhoods, and boats snapped from their buoys and submerged. At least four deaths were reported, including two from trees falling into homes. The storm has since been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, but it continues to bring flood threats as it moves toward the Carolinas and the Northeast. Lopez noted that because of El Niño pa