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Santa Rosa County’s 911 center is still fielding multiple reports of severely damaged homes, but emergency crews cannot yet reach callers as Hurricane Isaias begins to quickly move out of the area.

Santa Rosa County’s 911 center is overwhelmed with emergency calls, and few residents have power as Hurricane Isaias’s eyewall skirts the county. 

Florida emergency management officials continue to prep for Hurricane Isaias making landfall Friday evening as a major storm near Pensacola, with bands of life-threatening storm surge, winds and tornadoes spreading hundreds of miles to the east.

The Santa Rosa County Emergency Operations Center in Milton, at times, looks like a busy beehive as county officials make final preparations ahead of Hurricane Isaias’ landfall.

Santa Rosa County commissioners declared a local state of emergency Thursday as Hurricane Isaias approached the Gulf Coast.

Santa Rosa County residents in coastal and low-lying areas should make evacuation plans now, with impacts from Tropical Storm Isaias expected to begin Friday.

Santa Rosa County could see another 5 to 7 inches of rain from a disorganized weather system in the southwestern Gulf, and residents should use the next few days to make sure they are ready, according to forecasters from the National Weather Service in Mobile.