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The storm, which had battered South Florida and parts of Cuba and Central America, brought high winds and tidal surge to the Tampa area as it headed north to make landfall.

Scientists still have to validate the reading of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, the equivalent of 54 degrees Celsius.

At least two people were killed after a tornado touched down in Bertie County, N.C., and two others in the United States were killed by falling trees.

Isaias regained strength into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday night, bringing heavy winds and rain to the East Coast. Flash flooding and tornadoes are possible.

The cows, believed to have been carried out to sea when the storm hit North Carolina, have been spotted hanging out on the Outer Banks.

Up and down the state, wildfires are driving residents from their homes. The fire threatens 90,000 buildings across an expanding evacuation zone.

Driven by gusty winds, the Kincade fire north of San Francisco was still growing on Sunday. PG&E officials said some customers may not have their power restored before more intentional blackouts on Tuesday.

Forecasters say Chiba Prefecture, which was battered by a typhoon last month and is still recovering, is in the direct path of the powerful storm.

At the president’s request, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, to have the Weather Service say it was wrong to refute the president so categorically.

Wilbur L. Ross Jr. made the threat after the agency’s Alabama office contradicted the president’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit the state.

Temperatures broke records, but while air-conditioning use is up among Europeans, it remains far less common than elsewhere in the world.

Morgan City, a city of 12,000 people, may be the landing point for Tropical Storm Barry, which is predicted to turn into a Category 1 hurricane.