Millions in the U.S. and Mexico are bracing for damaging winds, heavy rain, storm surge, and flooding this weekend as three cyclones approach the shores of North America.

Hurricane Isaias, currently a major Category 3 hurricane churning in the Gulf of Mexico, will first make landfall somewhere between Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center believe the storm should weaken somewhat before coming ashore Friday night or early Saturday morning, but it will still pack a serious punch.

“Regardless of its exact wind speed at landfall, Isaias will be a dangerous hurricane with significant storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rains,” the NHC wrote in an update issued at 5 a.m. ET today. “The wind field is also predicted to grow due to a trough interaction, and some of these impacts will extend well away from the center. After landfall, gusty winds are expected to reach well inland over portions of the southeastern United States.”

To the west, two Pacific cyclones are threatening Southern California and the west-central coast of Mexico. The NHC expects Tropical Storm Rachel to move ashore over the northern Baja California Peninsula late Saturday before continuing northeastward into the southwestern United States on Sunday, bringing strong, gusty winds, a risk of flash and urban flooding, and potentially life-threatening surf.

Southeast of Rachel, Category 1 Hurricane Simon is rapidly strengthening off Mexico’s central Pacific coast. The storm should approach shore as a major hurricane on Saturday and track northwestward along the coastline, according to the NHC.

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