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While it may still be too early to talk about specifics of this storm, it is not too early to prepare for the affects a hurricane like this could have on East Coast distributors. Otherwise, residents should stay at home and off roads. It began moving northward later in the day,...

The forecast models continue to indicate a track offshore of the US east coast from the Carolinas to the mid-Atlantic states, and the threat of direct impacts from Joaquin in those areas is decreasing.

Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm that is now battering the central Bahamas, appears to be replacing its eye, according to weather forecasters.

Along with Hurricane Joaquin, the National Hurricane Center is watching two disturbances in the central Atlantic and near the Cape Verde Islands. When it did, the ship’s officers were monitoring what was then Tropical Storm Joaquin, according to Tim Nolan, president of TOTE...

Hurricane Joaquin remains a Category 4 storm that’s now battering the Bahamas, but the East Coast may dodge one bullet this weekend if the storm keeps to its offshore path, Weather.com and CNN report.

The combination of front stalled across the region, an upper level storm system over the southern us, tropical moisture in place and Hurricane Joaquin well off shore will come together to create periods of very heavy rain from through the weekend.

The storm picked up steam as it barreled over warm ocean waters of the Bahamas.

Joaquin is now moving through the east-central Bahamas, and is a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 miles per hour. Forecasters said it has the potential to get stronger. “That is why we are activating the State’s Emergency Operations Center and positioning critical...

A hurricane warning was posted for Eleuthera as well as San Salvador, Cat Island and Rum Cay, with the threat of storm surges, coastal flooding and 5-10 inches (13-25 centimeters) of rain, said Geoffrey Greene, a senior forecaster with the Bahamas Meteorology Department.

The National Hurricane Center says Joaquin has a maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour, making it an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane.

The “cone of uncertainty” includes those states as well as parts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

A powerful hurricane is lashing the Bahamas. This should produce historic rain totals over parts of the Mid-Atlantic United States.

Therefore, we’ll have to monitor Joaquin’s track closely, and adjust the forecast accordingly. Clouds mark a low-pressure system moving into Somers Point, N.J., Wednesday, September 30, 2015.

The centre of the storm was about 20 miles north of Samana Cays, Bahamas, and moving west-southwest at 5mph.

Joaquin is the third hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season.