Hurricane Isaias Live Updates: Storm Hits Bahamas and Churns Toward Florida

The storm surge could reach four feet in parts of eastern Florida.

Florida is preparing for winds as high as 75 miles per hour and dangerous coastal surf on Saturday as the season’s ninth named storm, Hurricane Isaias, makes its way north.

The storm, a low-level Category 1 hurricane, raked parts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and has begun to batter the Bahamas. It is on a path up the Atlantic coast toward the Carolinas.

The storm is expected to travel up the coast of Florida, which was already battling a surge of coronavirus cases. A hurricane watch was in effect early Saturday morning from Hallandale Beach to south of Boca Raton, and a hurricane warning from Boca Raton to Brevard County. There could be storm surges up to four feet high.