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Coast Guard officials in Miami said the rescue took place Thursday evening as the area experienced heavy weather caused by Hurricane Joaquin. Driving to work in drizzling rain, Bishop saw several high-water areas near train underpasses in town but didn’t have to alter his...

Ten to 15 inches of rain could potentially fall over central Bahamas through Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, CNN reported, and water levels could possibly rise as high as 3 to 5 feet above normal tides on the Bahamian coasts.

“Confidence in the details of the forecast after 72 hours remains low”, National Hurricane Center said in an update at 5 a.m. Thursday. Its center was about 75 miles southeast of San Salvador Island at 8 a.m. ET, moving at about 5 mph.

Hurricane Joaquin gained strength Wednesday as it headed toward the Bahamas with powerful winds and torrential rain, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Joaquin is the third hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season, following Danny and Fred.

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