As a tropical storm, Isaias caused flooding and landslides in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico on Thursday, and now, it's a hurricane expected to pass over the southeastern Bahamas early Friday morning and move near South Florida on Saturday.
Isaias knocked down trees and power lines in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where at least 35 people had to be rescued from floodwaters, The Associated Press reports. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Isaias became a hurricane late Thursday night, and is a Category 1 with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. It is the second hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, and about 70 miles east-southeast of Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas.
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