Hurricane Earl still on the move.

Hurricane Earl of 2010, which has been categorized as a powerful category 4 Hurricane, is currently moving towards the west-northwest, with wind speeds of nearly 14 mph. The path of Hurricane Earl is being tracked by the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The hurricane center has forecasted that the hurricane is moving towards the East Coast of the U.S. and might reach there by Thursday. Although there are expectations that it might turn towards the northwest, sometimes later today.

The hurricane has been classified as category 4 based on the Safir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and the hurricane is expected to retain its strength of category 4 in the next few days to come.

Currently the hurricane is close to about 205 miles east of the Grand Turk Island.

Several Hurricane Watches and Warnings which are currently in effect point out to the following locations:

Turks Islands, Caico Islands, Southeastern Bahamas, North Carolina and the areas situated northward from there. The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will face heavy rainfalls which can result in flash floods and mudslides.

Hurricane Earl has already hit and caused damages throughout the Leeward Islands and also caused flooding in the twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda as well as causing power outages.

Hurricane Earl which started off on August 25, as a Cape Verde-type hurricane gradually developed in to a tropical storm. It maintained winds of 45 mph at the highest for full two days and finally elevated into a tropical storm with wind speeds of 60 mph. Early in the day, on August 30 Hurricane Earl was reported to have further intensified into a category 3 hurricane, and later that same day it was promoted to a category 4 hurricane. It has also been predicted that Hurricane Earl will hit Canadian areas situated towards the Atlantic Ocean.