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Extratropical Cyclone Whips Past Iceland

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The powerful low-pressure system formed over the North Atlantic out of the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.

Hurricane Isaias—the only Atlantic hurricane to date in 2026—made landfall in Florida as a Category 2 storm on October 9. After delivering a rainy, windy blow to the U.S. Gulf Coast and drenching much of the Eastern Seaboard, the weather system had more in store.

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