- Hurricane Dorian is currently inching northwards, 80 miles off the Florida coast, and is forecast to be felt in earnest along the coasts of Georgia, and the Carolinas late on Wednesday.
- Projections based on NOAA data show the hurricane brushing the Atlantic coast of the US then heading north. It may not make landfall.
- Dorian's path has proved difficult to predict. The National Hurricane Center says the storm's trajectory could change, with a wide "cone of uncertainty" from Florida to Virginia.
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Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 2 storm after devastating much of the Bahamas, is slowly churning toward northeastern Georgia and the Carolinas after grazing Florida.
Storm surge warnings remain are in place for sections of the east coast of Florida, but the storm itself may not make landfall at all. As of 2 a.m. ET on Wednesday, it is 80 miles from Cape Canaveral.
Dorian, currently producing maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, is projected to move north towards South Carolina, nearing the state's east coast late Wednesday.
The potential track is shown above on Google's Crisis Map, which is based on US government data. It suggests that Dorian could rake the US coast without making landfall.
This map shows the official National Hurricane Center's version of the cone:
NHC forecasters say Dorian's trajectory could change, and has proved difficult to predict this week.
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