Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast

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Hurricane Isaias strengthened to Category 2 as it approached the Gulf Coast. Forecasters warned of dangerous conditions in Florida’s Panhandle and parts of Alabama and Mississippi ahead of an expected landfall late Friday or early Saturday.

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday.