Hurricane Joaquin Upgraded to Category 3 StormHurricane Joaquin has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm as it approaches the Bahamas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Wednesday that Joaquin's winds have increased to a speed of about 185 kilometers per hour.The center says the storm may turn northwest after passing through the central and northwestern Bahamas and head for the mid-Atlantic states on the eastern U.S. coast.A hurricane warning has been issued for Grand Bahama and New Providence islands, where much of the population is concentrated.Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami predict the storm will pass over the Bahamas Thursday and Friday. The long-term forecast for the storm predicts it may approach the U.S. coastline by Sunday.Joaquin's track after the Bahamas is difficult to forecast. But at least one computer model has it going straight into the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia and Maryland Sunday and Monday as a Category 2 storm, which would be bad news for such major inland cities as Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
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