Hurricane Isaias forecast to move near Florida over the weekend

[July 31, 2020]    (Reuters) - Atlantic hurricane Isaias is forecast to move near or east of the Florida peninsula on Saturday and Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.

The hurricane is now located about 15 miles (25 km) south-southwest of Great Inagua Island, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles (130 km) per hour, the Miami-based forecaster said on Friday.

(Reporting by Eileen Soreng and Anjishnu Mondal in Bengaluru; Editing by Edmund Blair)

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