BALTIMORE, Md. — Hurricane Isaias surged toward the northern U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm on Friday, threatening coastal regions from Florida to Mississippi with severe storm surges, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall.
The storm rapidly intensified into a major hurricane in the Gulf of America, marking the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. According to advisories from the National Hurricane Center, Isaias is projected to make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday…