Hurricane Isaias to become a major hurricane soon, Gulf Coast residents urged to finish storm preps

Hurricane Isaias to become a major hurricane soon, Gulf Coast residents urged to finish storm preps

Hurricane Isaias is bearing down on the northern Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane somewhere between Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, late Friday into early Saturday. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Isaias to strengthen into a Category 3 major hurricane "soon." The storm became the Atlantic season’s first hurricane late Wednesday.