Air Force Hurricane Hunter data showed Isaias at 120 mph and 959 mb by early Friday, with landfall expected in the northern Gulf warning area tonight or early Saturday.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit near Pitaloza Arriba in southern Panama on Friday, damaging structures, cutting power in several provinces, and suspending flights at Tocumen airport.

Hurricane Isaias, with 110 mph winds, was about 45 miles southeast of Pensacola as of 7 PM CDT Friday and expected to make landfall within hours along the Florida Panhandle.

Tempo, citing The Straits Times, said Singapore's 24-hour PSI reached 173 in the central region on Friday, a 2026 high, as smoke from fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan drifted across the region.

At 9 a.m. CST the National Hurricane Center said Simon had 100 mph winds about 210 miles south of Manzanillo and was forecast to become a major hurricane before nearing west-central Mexico.

At 10 a.m. CDT the National Hurricane Center said Isaias had 120 mph winds and was expected to make landfall in the hurricane warning area this evening.

The National Hurricane Center raised Simon to a hurricane with 80-knot winds and said it should approach Mexico's west-central coast as a major hurricane on Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Isaias had 110 mph winds and was expected to make landfall on the northern Gulf Coast tonight or early Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center's 2 a.m. Friday advisory, cited by The State, put Isaias at Category 2 with 105 mph winds and a track toward the northern Gulf Coast later Friday.

At 10 p.m. CDT Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said Isaias had 105 mph winds and was about 260 miles south of the Mississippi River mouth. Hurricane warnings cover the coast from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to the Florida Panhandle.

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Simon, south of Manzanillo, could strengthen rapidly and approach southwestern Mexico late Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center said Isaias had 105 mph winds at 10 p.m. CDT and could briefly become a major hurricane early Friday before approaching the northern Gulf Coast.

The National Hurricane Center said Isaias had 100 mph winds Thursday evening and was expected to reach the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday, after operators shut in most Gulf oil output.

PVMBG monitors in South Lampung found dozens of tourists climbing Anak Krakatau inside a three-kilometre exclusion zone while the volcano remains at Level III.

Governor Brian Kemp issued an updated state of emergency for all 159 Georgia counties and ordered the state operations center activated Friday as Hurricane Isaias approaches the Gulf Coast.

Governor Brian Kemp issued an updated state of emergency for all 159 Georgia counties and directed the state operations center to activate Friday as Hurricane Isaias approaches the Gulf Coast.

The National Hurricane Center put Hurricane Isaias near 24.0N 89.8W at 18:00 UTC with 85 mph winds and a 975 mb pressure, and kept hurricane and storm-surge warnings on the northern Gulf Coast.

Turkey’s environment minister Murat Kurum, speaking in Fiji ahead of COP31, asked what defense spending is worth if there is no country left to defend.

Turkey's climate minister, speaking in Nadi on the last day of pre-COP, said countries were running from emissions cuts and that 1.5 billion dollars of finance would save the Pacific.

The National Hurricane Center placed Hurricane Isaias near 23.3N 91.2W at 09:00 UTC Thursday, with 70-knot winds, and forecast a northern Gulf Coast landfall late Friday or early Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center placed Hurricane Isaias near 23.1N 91.7W at 06:00 UTC Thursday, with 65-knot winds, and forecast landfall on the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday.

British Antarctic Survey researchers reported 63 percent fewer occupied chinstrap nests on Zavodovski Island in 2025 than in 2011. They linked the drop to warming seas and a shift in krill.

The High Court dismissed MACH Energy's appeal and upheld a block on extending the New South Wales mine to 2048. Justice James Edelman said planners ignored 98 percent of the project's emissions.

Judges in Pontianak adjourned the first hearing to October 21 after the national government did not attend a suit over forest and land fires in West Kalimantan.

The High Court dismissed MACH Energy's appeal over a planned extension of the Mount Pleasant mine in New South Wales, in the first climate case to reach Australia's top court.

Judges in Pontianak postponed until 21 October the first hearing of a class action over forest fires and haze after the national government did not attend. Plaintiffs include a West Kalimantan chapter of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago.

At 10 a.m. CDT on Wednesday the National Hurricane Center placed Tropical Storm Isaias near 22.4 north, 93.6 west with 45 mph winds and said it could strengthen into a strong hurricane before the northern Gulf Coast on Friday. A storm-surge watch and a hurricane watch were in effect.

In a 3-2 ruling, the High Court dismissed MACH Energy's appeal and found the approval of the Mount Pleasant expansion invalid because planners did not consider conditions to minimise emissions from coal burned overseas. Existing operations can continue until 2032, the NSW government said.

Sochi and the neighbouring territory of Sirius closed beaches after a tanker caught fire offshore on Tuesday. Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin said unmanned boats attacked the vessel and that all 23 crew, Indian nationals, were rescued.

The High Court dismissed MACH Energy's appeal and upheld a block on extending the New South Wales mine to 2048. Judges said planners failed to consider conditions on most of the project's emissions.