Hurricane Isaias

Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm after battering North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday night.

At least six people were killed as Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain Tuesday along the U.S. East Coast after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it caused floods and fires that displaced dozens of people.

The storm is expected to make landfall Monday evening.

North and South Carolina are bracing for a potentially direct hit from Tropical Storm Isaias, which brushed past Florida over the weekend, bringing strong winds and heavy rains. The coronavirus is an additional wrench for government agencies planning for a natural disaster against the backdrop of a highly transmissible virus.

Isaias is expected to be near hurricane strength when it approaches the Carolinas, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.

Isaias has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and it is not expected to regain hurricane strength

After bringing heavy rain and wind to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Isaias has strengthened into a Hurricane and is moving toward Florida.

Parts of South Florida remained on guard after hurricane warnings and watches were issued along the east coast for expected impacts from Category 1 Hurricane Isaias, a storm that threatened to drop heavy wind and rain on the area over the weekend. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and was about 115 miles south-southeast of Nassau,…