Tropical Storm Isaias forecast to make landfall as hurricane Friday

Emergency services urge residents to shelter in place and watch for hurricane conditions

Isaias crashed into the US Gulf Coast on Friday as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane, hammering communities in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with

Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has already been affected by the approaching hurricane, which has strengthened so far to Category 2.

Hurricane Isaias has intensified into a Category 3 storm as it continues to make its way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Isaias just after making landfall near Destin, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2026. NOAA Hurricane Isaias shattered the peace of one of the quietest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record as it grew into 2026’s first Atlantic hurricane and made landfall on the northern Gulf Coast near…

Storm expected to make landfall on US’s northern Gulf coast with risk of flash floods and isolated river flooding Isaias has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season, with wind speeds of 80mph and a minimum pressure of 975mb. It is expected to strengthen to a…

BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes says the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season could bring dangerous winds, storm surge and heavy rains to the Gulf Coast Friday.

Isaias just became the latest-forming first hurricane of the Atlantic storm season since reliable records began, meteorologists say

The Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November, has been unusually quiet this year.

US energy companies are curtailing offshore operations at Gulf of Mexico platforms

The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday that the hurricane was on track to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. It's expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding.

Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters predicted it will quickly strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before striking the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Isaias, which succeeded Tropical Depression Nine, would be the first hurricane of the belated Atlantic season Tropical Storm Isaias formed early on Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the…

Isaias is the ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

The storm may become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, the latest first hurricane on record, on Thursday.