Forecasters say Isaias has regained hurricane strength as it heads toward North and South Carolina. Isaias was forecast to strike land as a minimal hurricane on Monday in the Carolinas, where coastal residents braced for possible storm surge and flooding rains. "We are forecasting it to become a hurricane before it reaches the coast this evening," senior hurricane specialist Daniel Brown said. Workers stack sandbags around a hydro-dam as they prepare for tropical storm Isaias in New York City on Monday. Officials on North Carolina's Outer Banks were taking no chances after taking a beating less than a year ago from Hurricane Dorian.

Source: CBC News August 03, 2020 19:35 UTC