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Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in eastern Cuba after striking the Bahamas
Hurricane Oscar made landfall early Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm's center arrived on Great Inagua island. It is expected to produce a dangerous storm surge that could translate into significant coastal flooding there and in other areas of the southeastern Bahamas. Two to four inches of rainfall are expected, with isolated areas seeing up to six inches.
Forecasters said five to 10 inches of rain are expected across eastern Cuba through Tuesday, with some isolated locations getting up to 15 inches.
Oscar formed Saturday off the coast of the Bahamas and brushed past the Turks and Caicos islands to the south.
The National Hurricane Center earlier characterized the storm as 鈥渢iny,鈥 but hurricane warnings were in place Sunday for southeastern Bahamas and portions of Cuba.
The storm鈥檚 maximum sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph (130 kph) with higher gusts. Its center was located about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east-northeast of Guantanamo, Cuba. The storm was heading west at 7 mph (11 kph) and was expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin, Cuba, on Sunday at hurricane strength.Hurricane Oscar has made landfall in eastern Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, after striking the southeastern Bahamas earlier in the day Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The hurricane center in Miami said the storm鈥檚 center arrived in the Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening. Its maximum sustained winds were near 80 m.p.h. (130 km/h).
The system is expected to move across eastern Cuba Sunday night and Monday. Forecasters said 6 to 12 inches (15.2 to 30.5 centimetres) of rain are expected across eastern Cuba through early Wednesday, with some isolated locations getting up to 18 inches (45.72 centimetres). A storm surge of up to 3 feet (0.91 metres) in some areas of Cuba's north shore in the area was possible, the center said.
Oscar was expected to weaken over eastern Cuba before making a turn to the northeast and approaching the central Bahamas on Tuesday, the center said.
The storm鈥檚 center was located about 5 miles (10 kilometres) east-southeast of Baracoa, or about 50 miles (80 kilometres) east-northeast of Guantanamo. It was heading west-southwest at 7 m.p.h. (11 km/h).
Oscar made landfall on Great Inagua island in the Bahamas earlier Sunday. It was expected to produce a dangerous storm surge that could translate into significant coastal flooding there and in other areas of the southeastern Bahamas. Two to four inches (5.1 to 10.2 centimetres) of rainfall were expected, with isolated areas seeing up to 6 inches (15.2 centimetres).
The hurricane's arrival comes as Cuba tries to recover from its worst blackout in at least two years, which left millions without power for two days last week. Some electrical service was restored Saturday.
Philippe Papin of the National Hurricane Center said it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane Saturday.
鈥淯nfortunately the system kind of snuck up a little bit on us,鈥 Papin said.
Hours earlier Tropical Storm Nadine formed off Mexico鈥檚 southern Caribbean coast. It degenerated into a tropical depression as it moved over land.
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