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Hurricane Isaias live updates: category 3 major storm to make landfall, with conditions ‘rapidly deteriorating’
Forecasters warn resident in stormâs path face âgustier-than-normalâ hurricane when it makes landfall; Isaias to hit parts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi
Conditions are ârapidly deteriorating along the northern Gulf coastâ, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a 4pm ET update as Hurricane Isaias, with sustained winds of 120mph (193kmh), closes in on land.
Forecasters at AccuWeather say landfall could occur even earlier this evening than predicted, now at around 10pm ET, as stronger steering winds pick up in the Gulf of Mexico.
âIsaias is moving toward the Gulf Coast at a much faster pace than many hurricanes we see earlier in the season,â AccuWeatherâs expert meteorologist Isaac Longley said in an afternoon statement.
Follow live: Hurricane Isaias approaches US Gulf Coast as evacuation orders issued
Hurricane Isaias is likely to bring a "life-threatening storm surge" to the US Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center warns
Exactly when and where the category 3 storm will make landfall is not clear
Thousands are without power in the country's southeast – and Alabama, Florida and Georgia have issued states of emergency as they brace for heavy rains and flooding
"Get out NOW!" warn some Florida officials, urging residents to follow evacuation orders as the state feels the storm's initial impacts
One Florida resident tells the BBC that "everyone's gone", but he's remaining in his home, securing his ducks and chickens in the bathroom
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How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an eerily quiet 2026 season
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 headed for the northern Gulf Coast, with landfall expected late on Oct. 9 or early Oct. 10.
Coastal residents and store owners in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle quickly began boarding up windows and preparing sandbags for damaging wind, rain and storm surge. Tyndall Air Force Base, which suffered severe hurricane damage in 2018, started evacuating fighter jets.
Isaias tied a 1905 storm for the latest-forming first hurricane of a season on record. To understand why it was able to strengthen into a hurricane when no other storms in the first two-thirds of the 2026 season did, let’s take a look at what was going on in the atmosphere.
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