A weakened but still lethal Hurricane Isaias tore across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama overnight, killing at least two people, knocking out power to more than 900,000 customers and ripping the roof off a Pensacola hotel before spinning inland as a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday.

Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, at about 9:30 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph, according to FOX Weather's tracking of National Hurricane Center data. Wind gusts reached 116 mph at Santa Rosa Sound and 114 mph at Whiting Field before the storm weakened to post-tropical status by Saturday morning.

The two confirmed deaths came in East Birmingham, Alabama, and Escambia County, Florida, where falling trees crushed homes. More than a foot of rain fell in parts of the Southeast, and Panama City Beach saw water levels 5.4 feet above the normal high tide. In Pensacola, high winds tore the roof off a hotel; camper vans flipped at Navarre Beach, and downed trees and debris littered Okaloosa and Escambia counties.

Power Out, Flooding Risk Not Over

Outages were concentrated in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama but were climbing in western Georgia as well by midday Saturday. CBS News reported the storm, though no longer a hurricane, still carries a dangerous tornado threat across the Panhandle, Georgia and South Carolina, along with a Level 3-of-4 flood risk for northern Georgia and the Blue Ridge Mountains, including Atlanta and Asheville.

FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR FLORIDA AND ALABAMA RESIDENTS

FEMA said Saturday that federal disaster assistance is available to residents in the hardest-hit Florida and Alabama counties, though the agency has not yet detailed a damage estimate. Escambia County began formal damage assessments Saturday morning, and local officials in the Panhandle are urging residents to stay off the roads while crews clear debris and restore lines.

The storm's remnants are forecast to spread rain and gusty wind across more than 15 eastern states on Sunday as Isaias' moisture merges with a broader frontal system, according to AccuWeather's live tracking. Forecasters are watching for a second round of flash flooding as the system crawls north and east over the next 24 to 48 hours.

The hit comes two days after forecasters warned the storm could intensify just before landfall, and residents across the Panhandle spent Thursday and Friday boarding up homes and businesses and stocking up on water, fuel and generators. Florida's governor had declared a state of emergency across more than a third of the state's counties, and Gulf oil platforms were evacuated ahead of the storm's arrival. Utility crews from multiple states have been pre-staged across the Panhandle to speed restoration, though officials have not given a timeline for when power will be fully restored.