Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida's east coast Sunday while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus kept a close watch on the weakened tropical storm. Isaias was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Saturday afternoon, but was still expected to bring heavy
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida's east coast Sunday while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus kept a close watch on the weakened tropical storm.
Upper-level winds took much of the strength out of Isaias, said Stacy Stewart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm also slowed down considerably. Story continuesIn Indian River County, north of West Palm Beach, Florida, emergency shelters were clearing out Sunday after Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm.
The storm's maximum sustained winds declined steadily throughout Saturday, and were at 65 mph at 11 a.m. EDT Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm's center was located about 55 miles east-southeast of Fort Pierce, Florida. NASA says the return of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX capsule is still on track for Sunday afternoon despite the storm. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are preparing to make the first splashdown return in 45 years, after two months docked at the International Space Station. They are aiming for the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida Panhandle, and flight controllers kept a close watch on the storm.
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