Isaias nears hurricane strength as it crawls towards Carolinas

Tropical Weather Florida

Isaias was forecast to be near hurricane strength as it approached the Carolinas on Monday, just a day after bands of heavy rain from the tropical storm lashed Florida’s east coast.

Officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus in Florida kept a close watch on the storm that weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Saturday afternoon, but still brought heavy rain and flooding.