Hurricane Kirk is making its way across the Atlantic. The weather event strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday. Per an advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Friday morning at 4 a.

Hurricane Kirk is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, nowhere near land. But the storm, which was classified as a Category 4 storm as of Friday, Oct. 4, could still affect North Carolina, the East Coast and islands including Bermuda and the Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Kirk remained a Category 4 major hurricane on Friday, albeit a slightly weaker one, and waves from the system could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend along the U.