US: Airlines issue flight waivers as Tropical Storm Isaias slams the East Coast with tornadoes, heavy rain

Airlines, including United, American, Southwest, JetBlue and Delta, have issued flight waivers in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias, which made landfall in North Carolina on Monday night. Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped heavy rain as it roared up the East Coast on Tuesday morning after making landfall as a hurricane Monday night near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. One of the tornadoes killed at least one person in Bertie County, North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper confirmed Tuesday morning. Other tornadoes were confirmed in Virginia and Maryland, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Centre said. What was once Hurricane Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm, though it still packed winds of 70 mph as of Tuesday morning. Tornadoes are most likely through midday from southeast Virginia all the way to New Jersey, according to the 8 a.m. hurricane center forecast. Tornadoes will remain possible this afternoon and evening from southeast New York across New England.<br/>