The 3 most likely paths that Hurricane Matthew will follow

Hurricane Matthew is lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday with life-threatening winds and storm surge flooding, and it appears to be on a course that is a weather forecaster's worst nightmare: paralleling the highly populated east coast of Florida. 

Any wobble in the storm's direction could, without much notice, bring the worst of the major hurricane's winds and heaviest rains onshore, or keep them off the coast, sparing the Sunshine State from much damage in the end. 

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Here are three forecast scenarios, going from most likely to least likely, noting that none are a sure bet at this point. Read more...

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