Hurricane Isaias Heads Toward Florida After Hitting Puerto Rico, Bahamas

Hurricane Isaias struck the southern Bahamas Friday as it marched northwest on a path forecast to skirt Florida’s eastern coast before aiming for the Carolinas

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The Category 1 storm, whose center was about 295 miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas late Friday morning, contained 75-mile-an-hour winds, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was expected to produce as much as 3 to 5 feet of storm surge and 4 to 8 inches of rain in the Bahamas, forecasters said.

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