Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina


Hurricane Isaias made landfall late Monday night near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.
It is a Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 85 mph, and is bringing heavy rains and winds to the Carolinas. The National Hurricane Center warned that flooding, dangerous storm surges, and tornadoes are also possible.
On Saturday evening, Isaias was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, and earlier Monday it grazed Florida and skirted by Georgia, strengthening back into a hurricane along the way. After battering the Carolinas, Isaias is expected to continue up the mid-Atlantic, and forecasters have warned that New Jersey and New York will likely see strong winds, torrential rain, and coastal flooding.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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