Hurricane Isaias has weakened and is no longer a hurricane — but not before carving a trail of damaged rooftops, downed power lines and flooded roadways, killing at least two people and leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity.
The deaths are the headline; the blackout is the story. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses dark, crews racing downed lines, and fuel markets already on edge from the Gulf shutdown earlier this week.
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Toronto knows what comes after the storm stats fade: the repair bills, the insurance fights, the hydro crews working through the night. With our own winter approaching, Isaias is a preview of the season's stakes — for the grid, for gas prices, for everyone heating a home.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
At least two deaths have been blamed on the storm so far.
Damaged rooftops, downed power lines, flooded roadways and mass power outages.