Hurricane Isaias lashes Bahamas on path to virus-hit Florida
Saturday, 1 August 2020 () Hurricane Isaias lashed the Bahamas Friday as it churned toward Florida, bringing new dangers to a US state suffering record deaths from an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak. Soldiers carry out cleaning work on destroyed houses after the overflow of the Magua river due heavy rains caused by Isaias storm in the city of Hato Mayor, northwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on July 31, 2020. (Photo by Erika SANTELICES / AFP) The category one storm, packing winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) an hour, gained strength Thursday night after sweeping over the Dominican Republic. As of 2100 GMT, it was an expansive storm, moving northwest at a speed of 15...
Hurricane warnings have now been issued for parts of the Florida east coast as Tropical storm conditions from Hurricane Isaias continue to spread across the Central Bahamas. Miami-Dade and Broward remain under a Tropical Storm Warning.