Officials have blasted daredevils for leaving safety and venturing outside during the 185mph winds of Hurricane Dorian to film themselves.

Several videos posted on social media have shown people in the Bahamas braving the dangerous conditions during the Category 5 hurricane.

One man shared a clip of himself battling strong winds and being soaked by rain, saying he was 80 miles away from the eye and yet still dealing with awful weather.

While footage thought to have been filmed in Marsh Harbour, Nassau, the Bahamas, showed a man trying to navigate a small boat in the choppy waters.

Chef José Andrés, pictured, shared a video showing the power of Hurricane Dorian which he filmed from '90 miles' from the eye, and asking his Twitter followers to pray for those in Abaco

The National Hurricane Center tweeted a stern warning about the dangers of the storm, which is one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded, last night.

They said: 'IMPORTANT: We have seen videos in the Abacos of people venturing out in the eye of #Dorian. Everyone should take shelter immediately as winds will increase rapidly and unpredictably after the eye passes.'

Those filming the 'idiot' steering a boat, who also appear to be on a boat, can be heard laughing and debating whether to call the man inside.

They say: 'Man are you a f*****g idiot, he isn't going to make it. His motor keeps dying on him.'

Jose Andres, of World Central Kitchen, shared the selfie video on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness for how powerful the Hurricane would be when it hit.

He said: 'I want everybody to understand we are not in the Abacos were like 90 miles away .. this is gonna be one of the biggest storms ever.

The National Hurricane Center said everyone should 'take shelter immediately' and said they were aware of people venturing outside during the dangerous conditions last night

Video thought to have been filmed in Marsh Harbour, Nassau, the Bahamas, showed a man trying to steer an inflatable boat against the strong winds

People inside the boat who were filming the man questioned whether they should help him

'It's going to be really really gonna be huge...so lets pray for everybody.'

Dozens of people quickly responded telling him to 'get back inside' and 'stay safe.'

One person wrote: 'Please be careful. We have to hold on to all the good people that we can.'

Storm Dorian is expected to hit the US today with hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated from their homes in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

In another video which has been viewed thousands of times on Instagram, a man is seen driving through the flooded streets of Nassau.

As he makes his way slowly along the road the driver says: 'Why am I driving in the middle of this storm, this is Prince Charles [Drive].

'Why am I driving in this god damn storm like an idiot, I'm disrespecting mother nature.. wow, wow. This is terrible.'

One man tried to drive through flooded streets in Nassau and said he was 'disrespecting mother nature' by being out in the hurricane

This satellite image shows Hurricane Dorian on Sunday afternoon with the islands of the Bahamas marked

Clarice Johnson also shared footage of Storm Dorian taken by her family in the Bahamas.

In the clip winds can be seen ripping through trees as misty rain covers everything in view.

She says: 'This is my view from my front door. This is Hurricane Dorian.

'Crazy, crazy, crazy. No one expected this here. We were supposed to be expecting rain and this is no way 63mph winds, no way.'

While another woman posted a selfie of herself being windswept on A1A beach in Florida. She captioned the post: 'Sept. 1, 2019 Eve of Hurricane Dorian.'

The eastern seaboard is not currently forecast to take a direct hit, but experts say the storm is still 'extremely dangerous' and even a glancing blow could bring torrential rain and destructive winds as the storm tracks up the U.S. coast.

In Washington, President Donald Trump met with his emergency management chiefs and declared 'this looks monstrous.'

The hurricane made its first landfall on the Abaco Islands on Sunday afternoon.

A woman from Florida shared a picture of her windswept hair on the beach last night

Strong winds move the palms of the palm trees at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama

The image above shows the scale of the devastation left by Hurricane Dorian, which continues to pound the Bahamas on Sunday

Pusateri's Pizza in Stuart boarded up its windows while reminding the public that it has braved other hurricanes in the past

'Catastrophic conditions' were reported in Abaco, with a storm surge of 18-23 feet, and Dorian was expected to cross Grand Bahama 'with all its fury'.

In some places 'you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins', said Prime Minister Hubert Minnis.

Seven-year-old Lachino Mcintosh is reported to have drowned near his family's home in Abaco, according to Bahamas Press.

The young boy is reported to have drowned while his family was trying to seek shelter. Mcintosh's sister, whose age is unknown, is also reported to be missing.

Footage taken by Abaco residents showed homes missing parts of their roofs, downed power lines and smashed and overturned cars.

In the northern stretches of the archipelago, hotels closed, residents boarded up homes and officials hired boats to move people to bigger islands.