Hurricane Dorian: Breaking Down the Possibilities for the Monster Storm | Storm Team 4

Unsure of where Hurricane Dorian might strike, Florida residents watched the increasingly dire forecast with a sense of helplessness Friday and braced for what could be the most powerful storm to hit the state's east coast in nearly 30 years.

The National Hurricane Center said Friday afternoon that the storm has strengthened into a Category 3, with wind speeds exceeding 110 mph. Officials said the hurricane is "extremely dangerous" and poses a significant threat to Florida and the northwestern Bahamas.

But some of the more reliable computer models predicted a turn northward that would have Dorian hug the coast, delivering a glancing blow, the National Hurricane Center said.

Dorian was located 445 miles east of the northwest Bahamas at 2 p.m. ET on Friday. It had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and was moving northwest at 10 mph.

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