The storm has alarmed forecasters who worry parts of Florida will be walloped by strong winds, a storm surge and heavy rain for an extended period when it makes landfall early next week.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to continue strengthening and remain an "extremely dangerous major hurricane" as it moves northwest near the Bahamas and approaches the Florida peninsula.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urged residents to have at least a week's worth of food, water and medicine, saying that they should be prepared for a "multiday event." Florida is under a declaration of emergency.
In the central Florida town of Titusville, area resident Barbara Walker and her husband filled up containers of gasoline for their generator, just in case they lose power during the hurricane.
Dorian began on Friday over the Atlantic as a Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale but strengthened to a Category 3 later in the day. It had maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km per hour), according to the latest NHC advisory.
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