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 Hurricane Joaquin intensified to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm Thursday afternoon, and continues to hammer the central Bahamas with hurricane-force winds, storm surge flooding and torrential rain. 
 
 For the latest updates on Joaquin's future from The Bahamas and beyond, check out our latest Joaquin forecast article . 
 
 (MORE: Expert Analysis | Hurricane Central | Track Joaquin with our New Interactive Storm Tracker ) 
 
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 MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Retired Atlantic Basin Hurricanes and Tropical Storms (PHOTOS) ||||| Story highlights Captain: The search for a ship that lost communications near the Bahamas will resume Saturday 
 
 Hurricane Joaquin is now moving northeast at 7 mph, has 125 mph sustained winds 
 
 Hurricane Joaquin may not hit the U.S. East Coast, but heavy rain and flooding is still possible 
 
 (CNN) For more than 36 hours, there's been no word from, and no sign of, the U.S.-flagged container ship El Faro. 
 
 That means no news on what's happened to the 28 Americans and five Poles aboard, faced with the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin and its up to 150-mph gusts, 30-foot waves and potentially 25 inches of rain. 
 
 The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched a cutter ship, an MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter and a C-130 Hercules airplane on Friday. But while the C-130 flew as low as 2,000 feet -- far below the normal 10,000 feet for such a storm -- it was not able to get close to the last known location off the Bahamas of El Faro, which means lighthouse in Spanish, much less spot or communicate with its occupants. 
 
 "There's so much wind, thunderstorms and sea spray that it is difficult to see," Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor told CNN's Eric Burnett. "But our hope is that they are either on the vessel or on life rafts, and we can identify them." 
 
 The search was resumed Saturday morning and was still underway as of Saturday afternoon. 
 
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– Hurricane Joaquin remains a Category 4 storm that's currently battering the Bahamas, but the East Coast may dodge one bullet this weekend if the storm keeps to its offshore path, Weather.com and CNN report. Tracking maps show Joaquin solidly out in the Atlantic and set to keep veering away from the coastline. Still, coastal states may not escape serious weather—though not entirely due to Joaquin. The Washington Post explains a "a predecessor surge of moisture [is] streaming up the eastern seaboard" right now; CNN reports Joaquin is funneling moisture into that weather system. The result: rain and flooding. The Post frames the latter as a "major concern," and CNN meteorologist Rachel Aissen predicts the flooding in South Carolina could be "historic." South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has declared a state of emergency, as have the governors of North Carolina, Virginia, and New Jersey. Aissen notes that while the storm could still shift back to shore, chances are if it keeps out to sea into Friday evening, it will stay there. (Don't be a "social media-rologist" and makes these five weather-prediction mistakes mentioned by Forbes.)