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center tracking the path of the storm which is now a three, could be a four, might make landfall in the mid usa. >> you are correct, steve. all those are facts. right now like you mentioned, category 3 hurricane, joaquin, blasting the bahamas. it could become a category 4 hurricane by tomorrow. we have very warm water that's helping this storm intensify very, very quickly. very low central pressure as well. that's a sign that the storm is just kind of continuing to intensify because that number keeps dropping. it's moving very, very slowly. and of course that's terrible news for the bahamas because you're talking about life threatening conditions, lasting for many hours. possibly through tomorrow morning. so the storm really just lashing the bahamas with a lot of heavy rain and storm surge and strong winds. it's moving towards the west/southwest. the question becomes what happens when it makes that turn to the north that we are anticipating. here's the latest forecast track. i do want people who live across the east coast from north carolina up in the northeast not put a whole lot of weight as far as where this forecast cone is