Hundreds of thousands of residents across the Florida Panhandle experienced power outages after Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 storm on Friday night. Governor Ron DeSantis stated that crews positioned ahead of the storm are actively working to restore electricity, with restoration efforts beginning before sunrise. He noted that damage assessments have not revealed widespread substation failures, suggesting repairs would focus on damaged power lines rather than extensive infrastructure rebuilding. Outage data indicated 448,000 accounts remained without power as of 7 a.m. Eastern time, including 323,000 served by Florida Power & Light and 110,000 served by regional cooperatives. County-level impacts varied significantly, with Santa Rosa County reporting 90% outages, Holmes County 89%, Washington County 86%, Walton County 85%, Escambia County 75%, and Okaloosa County 53%. PowerOutage.us recorded 438,883 customers still without power as of 1:25 p.m. Eastern, showing minimal improvement from morning figures. Escambia County accounted for the highest volume of outages at 133,000 customers (77% of its total), followed by Santa Rosa County at 79,930 (82%), Walton County at 69,485 (85%), Okaloosa County at 69,223 (56%), and Bay County at 44,671 (33%). Smaller counties such as Jackson, Washington, and Holmes each reported between 10,000 and 13,000 outages. Florida Power & Light represented 335,992 of the total outages. Prior to landfall, the utility had mobilized 14,000 personnel across the Panhandle, drawing crews from 17 states and establishing 16 staging sites with command centers in Pensacola and Juno Beach. FPL President Scott Bores affirmed the company's commitment to restoring service to all customers. Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative reported 92% of its 75,600 customers without power, while West Florida Electric Cooperative recorded 61% outages. State transportation officials confirmed that state-owned bridges, Interstate 10, and U.S. Highway 90 had reopened, with the Florida Department of Transportation clearing secondary roads as standard procedure. DeSantis emphasized that while power restoration was progressing, residents should exercise caution over the following days. Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport resumed operations, whereas Destin-Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola International airports remained closed. The governor noted one fatality in Escambia County linked to a fallen tree, though state verification was pending. No state search and rescue teams had been deployed, though they remained on standby. State officials planned to conduct damage assessments in Okaloosa County later that Saturday.