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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.

Christie declared a state of emergency Thursday because of the storms and canceled presidential campaign events for Friday in New Hampshire so he could be in New Jersey to direct the emergency response.

The National Hurricane Center forecast shows Joaquin abruptly turning north due to getting caught in the strong steering winds of the atmosphere.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

“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.