The region has not been hit by a major hurricane since 1921.

The document states: Central and South Florida are currently threatened by a major hurricane.

The storm is expected to remain a major hurricane until landfall, the center said.

It was the second major hurricane of the Atlantic season.

But a major hurricane could lead to much bigger losses.

But the state hasn't been directly hit by a major hurricane since Wilma in 2005.

It put the chance of a major hurricane tracking into the Caribbean at 65 percent.

It warned that Joaquin "could become a major hurricane" by Friday.

The average chance for a major hurricane to hit the region is 30 percent, he said.

Maintaining the historical disturbance regime thus increased the resilience of the population to major hurricane disturbance.

Aid workers fear that if a major hurricane strikes Haiti, this could cause another humanitarian catastrophe.

A smiling stranger in the middle of the Glades after a major hurricane trashed the area.

The Tampa area has not taken a direct hit from a major hurricane in nearly a century.

According to forecasts, Earl should become a major hurricane within 72 hours, the Miami-based hurricane center said.

U.S. Gulf Coast refineries shut operations as Hurricane Harvey was forecast to turn into a major hurricane.

Florence is forecast to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane as it approaches the U.S. coast, NHC said.