The system is expected to quickly strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and strike the U.S. Gulf Coast as soon as Friday.

Hurricane Isaias continued its trek toward the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday, with a landfall expected late Friday as a dangerous hurricane, driving life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and f...

Declaring a state of emergency allows state and local governments much more freedom to coordinate emergency agencies, relax restrictions, cut through red tape, and reallocate resources to quickly deal...