- Hurricane Dorian has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm and is set to inflict damage on the Carolinas on Thursday.
- Projections based on NOAA data show the hurricane steadily heading north along the US east coast. It may not make landfall.
- Dorian's path has proved difficult to predict.
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Hurricane Dorian was upgraded to a Category 3 storm on Wednesday after devastating much of the Bahamas, and is slowly churning toward the Carolinas after grazing Florida and Georgia.
As of 2 a.m. ET on Thursday, Dorian is "expected to bring damaging winds and life threatening storm surges to the Carolinas," the National Hurricane Centre said.
The storm itself may not make landfall at all. As of 2 a.m. ET it is 105 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina.
Dorian, currently producing maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, is projected to move north towards North Carolina at seven miles per hour, brushing the state's east coast late Thursday.
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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