TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (VINnews) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the state was pressing ahead with recovery after Hurricane Isaias struck the Panhandle, reporting no storm-related deaths in Florida and the start of widespread power restoration.

The Category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin on Friday evening with sustained winds of 105 mph and storm surge of about 5.5 feet above normal before weakening into a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday, DeSantis told “Fox & Friends.”

Roughly 430,000 Florida utility customers remained without electricity as of Saturday morning, with the heaviest outages concentrated in Santa Rosa, Holmes, Washington and Walton counties.

More than 16,000 utility workers had been staged ahead of the storm and began repairs as early as 3 a.m., the governor said. All state-owned bridges were inspected overnight and reopened.

DeSantis urged residents to stay clear of floodwaters as rainfall of 4 to 8 inches was expected to continue across the Panhandle and Big Bend through the weekend.

State crews and utility teams continued assessing damage and clearing debris on major routes while monitoring rising rivers and saturated ground that could prolong localized flooding.