Hurricane Isaias Intensifies Toward Gulf Coast Landfall — SkimNews
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- Hurricane Isaias became the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season and is intensifying as it advances toward the northern Gulf Coast.
- The storm is expected to make landfall Friday night, carrying dangerous winds, storm surge, and heavy rain to parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
- Isaias ties the record for the latest first hurricane of an Atlantic season, a mark originally set in 1905.
- BBC Weather presenter Chris Fawkes delivers the forecast explanation in the network's coverage of the storm.
Why it matters: With a Friday night landfall threatening three Gulf Coast states, Hurricane Isaias also ties a 121-year-old record for the latest first Atlantic hurricane — putting residents in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida on alert for dangerous winds, storm surge, and heavy rain at the same moment a historic seasonal anomaly unfolds.
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