Hurricane Isaias is expected to rapidly intensify into a strong hurricane as it approaches the Gulf coast on Friday, with the center making landfall somewhere near the Alabama-Florida border, accordin...

Hurricane Isaias is strengthening in the Gulf, with an expected landfall of late Friday or early Saturday.

"There is a chance the storm peaks as a Category 3, or major hurricane, while over the central Gulf," AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.