Hurricane Simon weakens to Category 2
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Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 5 a.m. ET. System type: Hurricane, Category 2. System name: Isaias. At 5 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center issued its first
Hurricane Isaias is expected to continue to intensify before making landfall late Friday or early Saturday. See latest update from Hurricane Center.
Isaias has rapidly strengthened into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane en route to landfall on the northern Gulf Coast by the weekend.
Puerto Vallarta hurricane update: the airport is cleared for commercial flights from 13 October, while Simon lingers offshore as a Category 1 storm.
HOUSTON — Isaias became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season late Monday night, becoming the latest first hurricane formation in the Atlantic Basin. The storm is expected to become a Cat. 2 hurricane before making landfall somewhere along the northern Gulf coast Friday evening.
Tropical Storm Isaias could impact Alabama and Georgia's top-10 ranked showdown on Oct. 10. Here's what to know: