The system is expected to quickly strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and strike the U.S. Gulf Coast as soon as Friday.

Hurricane Isaias continued its trek toward the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday, with a landfall expected late Friday as a dangerous hurricane, driving life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and f...

"There is a chance the storm peaks as a Category 3, or major hurricane, while over the central Gulf," AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.