PensacolaMore than 3 million people face 120 mph Isaias.
Mandatory evacuation orders cover Panhandle counties, and Alabama’s governor told tourists to leave immediately.
Producers shut in 25% of US Gulf oil output, 511,000 barrels a day, the Marine Minerals Administration said Wednesday.
S&P Global Energy’s Jim Burkhard says other hurricanes cut more output, and a direct hit on refineries worries him more.
The National Hurricane Center expects landfall late Friday, then a downgrade to tropical storm by Saturday afternoon.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 750+ reports worldwide
- Bloomberg Business leans critical
- Al Jazeera Online
- emphasizes record-warm Gulf water and the hurricane's intensification as the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, with a 3–10 inch flood risk
- U.S. News & World Report
- pairs Isaias with Hurricane Simon and ties both storms to a strong El Niño shaping Pacific and Atlantic activity
Sources: Bloomberg Business, U.S. News & World Report, Al Jazeera Online