LOS ANGELES - Isaias is regaining strength and was upgraded to a hurricane Monday evening as it bears down on the East Coast.Isaias is expected to push ashore into the Carolinas late Monday, bringing heavy rainfall, damaging winds and life-threatening storm surge to the East Coast.The Category 1 hurricane formed from a large tropical wave, which developed off the West Coast of Africa in late July.As of Monday afternoon, Isaias had wind speeds of 75 mph, which indicates hurricane strength.
Joel Cline, tropical program coordinator with the National Weather Service, said the center of the storm system was never aligned. “For it (Isaias) to be as well-tracked and as well-forecasted as it was and has been to this point is really pretty amazing,”.