Hurricane Isaias remains Category 3
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Hurricane Isaias got stronger overnight and is expected to make landfall near Pensacola late Friday or early Saturday. It was a Category 2 storm overnight with 105 mph winds and could reach Category 3 strength.
Around 28 million people living across the South were covered by weather alerts early Friday — most relating to Hurricane Isaias.
Hurricane Isaias is stronger, moving faster and is much larger than it was 24 hours ago. Finish preparations early Friday.
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JUST IN: Saildrone Explorer SD-1045 passed through the eye of Category 3 Hurricane Isaias, recording wind gusts over 90 knots (103 mph). This is the same USV that filmed inside Hurricane Sam in 2021, setting a Guinness World Record. Watch ↓ @NOAA_AOML @noaapmel pic.twitter.com/4i6BFscUFn