Hurricane Isaias becomes the first Atlantic hurricane

Tropical cyclone Isaias has strengthened into a category 1 hurricane. It is the first Atlantic hurricane of the season. The season had been unusually quiet. The cause named for that quiet pattern is the ongoing El Niño.

Alabama governor Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency. The declaration covers 40 counties. It was issued ahead of Isaias. Alabama is the state named.

Category 1 is the strength reported at this stage. The basin is the Atlantic. The first-of-the-season description is part of the report. El Niño is the Pacific phenomenon linked to the quiet season.

The emergency is a state declaration, not yet a landfall report. The governor is Kay Ivey. The geographic scope inside Alabama is 40 counties. The storm named is Isaias.

The news connects a long quiet season to the arrival of the first hurricane. It also connects that storm to a pre-landfall emergency in Alabama. The strength is category 1. The county count is 40.

The recorded weather change is the strengthening of Isaias. The recorded status is the first Atlantic hurricane of the season. The recorded government step is the Alabama emergency for 40 counties. The climate pattern named is El Niño.