BBC on Hurricane Isaias and its expected Gulf Coast landfall

Hurricane Isaias, the archetypal hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, is intensifying arsenic it heads toward the bluish Gulf Coast. Forecasters note the system is expected to marque landfall Friday night, bringing unsafe winds, tempest surge and dense rainfall to parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The storm also ties the grounds for the latest archetypal hurricane of an Atlantic season, acceptable successful 1905. BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes explains. Read the full story at BBC News →