Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Storm Remnants Flood Both Coasts as Outages Spread
Two old storms are bringing trouble to different parts of the United States.
Isaias’s leftovers moved across Tennessee after the storm reached the East Coast.
More than 440,000 homes and businesses were reported without electricity in several eastern states.
Officials said at least four people had died in connection with Isaias.
Rachel’s leftovers brought heavy rain and possible flooding to parts of the Southwest.
Some people in Utah also lost power.
Experts say storms affecting both coasts at once do not happen often, but they have happened before.
Farther south, Hurricane Simon was also threatening Mexico’s coast with strong winds, rain, and large waves.
The remnants of Isaias moved across Tennessee, with 441,749 homes and businesses reported without power from Pennsylvania to Florida.
Officials reported at least four deaths linked to Isaias, which came ashore Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane.
Rachel’s remnants brought heavy rain and flood risks across parts of the Southwest, with more than 9,500 Utah customers without power.
Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski described tropical systems affecting both US coasts at once as rare but not unheard of.
Category 4 Hurricane Simon was bringing powerful winds and heavy rain to Mexico’s Jalisco and Colima coasts, with dangerous surf and storm surge forecast.
- Who
- People and businesses in parts of the United States, and communities along Mexico’s west-central coast.
- What
- The remnants of Isaias and Rachel brought outages and flood threats in the United States, while Hurricane Simon threatened Mexico with strong winds, rain, and storm surge.
- When
- As reported Sunday; Isaias came ashore Friday night.
- Where
- Isaias affected the eastern United States; Rachel affected the Southwest; Simon threatened the coasts of Jalisco and Colima, Mexico.
- Why
- The storms’ heavy rain, strong winds, and coastal impacts created flood risks, power outages, and dangerous conditions.
- Eastern outages
- 441,749 homes and businesses were without power, according to PowerOutage.com.
- Utah outages
- More than 9,500 customers were without power, according to PowerOutage.com.
- Isaias landfall
- The storm came ashore Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane.
- Deaths reported
- At least four deaths were reported in Facebook posts by officials in Alabama and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
- Hurricane Simon
- Simon had winds of 150 miles per hour and was classified as Category 4.
- Coastal forecast
- Waves of nearly 20 feet were forecast along parts of Jalisco’s coast.
- Rare occurrence
- A meteorologist said tropical systems affecting both US coasts at the same time is rare, but not unheard of.