Hurricane watches issued for Florida coast for Isaias

Hurricane watches issued for Florida coast for Isaias

A hurricane watch has been issued for north Broward through Brevard County as Hurricane Isaias pummels the southern Bahamas as a Category 1 storm.

According to the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. update, Isaias is about 295 miles southeast of Nassau and maintaining Category 1 status with 75 mph winds, a slight weakening from earlier Friday morning.

The tropical storm watch for southeast Florida from Ocean Reef north to the Sebastian Inlet and Lake Okeechobee was upgraded to a warning, and a hurricane watch was issued from north of Deerfield Beach to the Volusia-Brevard County Line. Read more