Tropical Storm Isaias forms, forecast to become hurricane and hit US Gulf Coast this week
October 7, 2026
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the US Gulf Coast later in the week.
Isaias was centred about 285 miles (460 kilometres) west of Progreso, Mexico, and about 580 miles (935 kilometres) southwest of the Mississippi River’s mouth, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.
It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was moving east-northeast at 8 mph (13 kph).
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