While You Were Sleeping: Saturday, Oct. 10

Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin at 9:30 p.m. Friday as a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds and will keep weakening Saturday as it moves away, ABC 7 reports. Locally, the National Weather Service has a rip current statement out until 8 p.m. Saturday, and a small craft advisory is in effect through the day, with south winds of 20 to 25 knots and seas of 6 to 9 feet. Expect a breezy, muggy Saturday with scattered showers and storms, more morning storms along the coast Sunday, and drier air behind a front Monday.

Why it matters: ABC 7 has a First Alert Weather Day in place for the coast and the waters, so beachgoers and boaters should sit this one out.

Waves from the Gulf pushed water and sand across Manasota Key Road on Friday, and officials closed the road north of Blind Pass Beach at about 3:30 p.m., ABC 7 reports. Two vehicles got stuck in water that was ankle-deep in one spot and closer to knee-deep farther down the road. No one was hurt, and the stuck vehicles were waiting on a tow truck.

Why it matters: Officials are urging drivers not to drive through the water and to take another route.

Manatee County and private partners Nopetro Energy, Johnson Controls and Mead & Hunt were set to break ground Friday on a $50 million facility that will turn gas from the Lena Road Landfill into fuel, ABC 7 reports. The plant will collect methane, clean it and send it through existing natural gas pipelines for customers such as bus and truck fleets, and organizers say it's the first project of its kind on Florida's west coast. The partners project it could produce enough renewable energy to power more than 4,500 homes a year; ABC 7 notes those figures haven't been independently verified.

The first Strider Cup World Championship held in Sarasota starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at Sarasota BMX, 1950 N. Tuttle Ave., marking the balance-bike race's 15th anniversary, ABC 7 reports. Riders from Japan, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Aruba and across the United States are expected, and a beach celebration is planned for Sunday. Kids of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to take part, though races are limited to Genuine Strider bikes.

The West Coast Black Theatre Troupe is opening its new mainstage season, themed Rhapsodies of Rhythm, with Sophisticated Ladies, a musical celebration of Duke Ellington, ABC 7 reports. Founder and artistic director Nate Jacobs played the lead when the troupe last staged the show in 2005; this production has a new cast, tap dancers brought in from New York and the band placed in the middle of the stage.

Why it matters: Jacobs told ABC 7 the show is also meant to pass Ellington's history along to younger generations.