However, wind advisories remain across much of the region for sustained winds.

The storm made landfall on the Florida Panhandle around 8:30 p.m. local time as a Category 2 storm with 105-mph sustained winds. Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin on the Florida Panhandle around 8:30 p.

Hurricane Simon continued to move slowly up the coast of west-central Mexico after tropical weather systems caused six deaths and damage in Pacific coastal towns and resorts.

Forecasters are watching an area off the southeastern coast of the United States for potential tropical development. A strong cold front is expected to move into Florida, starting with the western Panhandle,

By 4:00 a.m local time, Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone over Alabama, but the threat of flash flooding continues as it moves north, and all tropical storm and storm-surge warnings have been dropped by the Hurricane Center.

While the Gulf Coast has weathered the worst of Hurricane Isaias, the lethal storm continues to bring severe flooding, heavy rainfall and damaging winds inland.

A cold front could bring slight taste of fall to the weekend. Early Oct. 15, just over 17,000 people in Florida remained without power after Hurricane Isaias, mostly in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

If the system becomes a tropical storm, it would be named Isaias.

By Rhea Rose Abraham and Rajveer Pardesi Oct 10 (Reuters) - Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, having rapidly lost wind speed after hitting the Florida coast as a Category 2 hurricane,