Isaias strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season overnight Wednesday as it surged towards the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Isaias has rapidly strengthened into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane en route to landfall on the northern Gulf Coast by the weekend.

Isaias is the first storm in the Atlantic this year to reach hurricane status. El Niño has kept the season relatively quiet.

The National Hurricane Center said Isaias will be a strong hurricane when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or Saturday.

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