Isaias officially became a tropical storm as of 5 a.m. on Wednesday. Isaias is likely to develop into a hurricane soon. The official track from the Hurricane Center brings the storm into the northern Gulf as a category two hurricane by Friday morning with winds up to 110 mph.

Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strengthen into Hurricane Isaias before making a dangerous U.S. landfall this weekend, bringing the threat of heavy rain, flooding and tropical storm impacts to the Gulf Coast.

Isaias has strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, and evacuation guidance has been issued in Alabama and Florida before its expected landfall on Friday night. Isaias is expected to lash the central Gulf Coast and parts of the Southeast with heavy rain and destructive winds,

WOODFIN, N.C. (AP) — They’re piled on river banks, lodged in uprooted trees, embedded in sediment and jammed under logs. Many are tangled in mounds of debris up to two stories high.

Hurricane Rachel is expected to weaken, but heavy rain, flooding, wind and dangerous surf could still affect Southern California.

More than two feet of rain could fall on the Big Island this weekend. The storm is the third hurricane to approach the state in recent weeks.