Minute by minute: Hurricane Dorian heads to the United States with strong winds

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(CNN Spanish) - Hurricane Dorian is currently heading northwest of the Atlantic, toward the Bahamas, where it is expected to land on Sunday. It is already a category 4 hurricane, according to the most recent report.

As for his arrival in the United States: although it is predicted that he will not touch land in Florida, he is still expected to carry life-threatening winds and storm surges. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, canceled his planned trip to Poland to be on the lookout for the emergency.

• 🌀 Look where Dorian is right now

Follow here the minute by minute of the hurricane's progress:

9:44 AM ET

Look inside Dorian's eye

A team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), aboard a Hurricane Hunter P-3 aircraft, flew Dorian's eye on Saturday.

The eye is the center of the storm. If you are in it, you can see the effect of the stadium, where clouds accumulate like a sports arena. It is the quietest part of the storm. You can even see the blue sky during the day and the stars at night.

Here a look inside the clear eye of #Dorian this morning from the @HRD_AOML_NOAA Hurricane Hunter P-3 Aircraft. Picture credit Paul Chang pic.twitter.com/Yyi8OBRcBf

- National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 31, 2019

According to the National Hurricane Center, the trip provided useful data on the inner core of the category 4 hurricane.

The @HRD_AOML_NOAA Hurricane Hunters are providing valuable radar data in the inner-core of #Dorian this morning. Here's a look from the @NOAA_HurrHunter radar on the most recent trip through the center. Get the latest Dorian forecast at https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/v1eJxhmj5w

- National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 31, 2019

8:22 AM ET

The northernmost areas, such as Georgia and the Carolinas, could also withstand the worst part of Dorian

Dorian is now a hurricane of an even stronger 233 km / h, category 4, according to the 8 am warning from the National Hurricane Center.

It is likely that it will continue to be a very intense hurricane today as it moves north of the Bahamas, where hurricane warnings remain in effect.

Hurricane alerts can be issued for parts of the east coast of Florida later today.

The forecast route, which moved eastward in an earlier notice, no longer shows a landing in Florida. But Floridians shouldn't be calm yet.

Much of Florida remains in the "cone of uncertainty," which means that even a small change would bring the very dangerous core of the storm inland to Florida.

Even if the hurricane does not touch land in Florida, much of the state will continue to experience life-threatening storm conditions, such as hurricane winds, swells and flash floods.

If the current forecast is verified, it will be very similar to the path taken by Hurricane Matthew, a storm that caused damage by nearly $ 5 billion in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

The moment is similar to the previous forecast for the United States, with winds of tropical storm force that arrive on Sunday night and possible hurricane conditions from Monday to Tuesday.

With the current forecast, Georgia and the Carolinas are now at risk of touching land from Wednesday to Thursday.

And the hurricane could cause catastrophic damage in the Bahamas from Sunday to Monday, particularly in Abaco and the Grand Bahama Islands.

Hurricane Dorian Storms