MIAMI – In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and toppled power poles in its wake.

It’s been downgraded to a Category 4 storm and is slowly weakening – now with a maximum sustained speed of 155 mph, and moving west at 1 mph with a maximum central pressure of 922 mb. That’s as of 11 a.m. Monday.

A positive note for those living in the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast: The National Hurricane Center’s forecast has been right on point. The storm has stalled over Grand Bahamas, and a northward turn is still expected late Monday or early Tuesday.

Still, it is a very close call. The area will still see hurricane-force winds and storm surge issues.

As of 11 a.m. Monday, the storm’s center is about 110 miles east of West Palm Beach.

On Sunday, Dorian’s maximum sustained winds reached 185 mph, with gusts up to 220 mph, tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall. That equaled the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, before storms were named. The only recorded storm that was more powerful was Hurricane Allen in 1980, with 190 mph winds, though it did not make landfall at that strength.

An 8-year-old boy is confirmed dead in the Bahamas. His sister remains missing.