Hurricane Oscar made landfall early Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward Cuba, an island recently beleaguered by a massive power outage. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm’s center arrived on Great Inagua island. The National Hurricane Center earlier characterized the storm as “tiny,” but hurricane warnings were in place Sunday for southeastern Bahamas and portions of Cuba. Philippe Papin of the National Hurricane Center said it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane Saturday. Hours earlier Tropical Storm Nadine formed off Mexico’s southern Caribbean coast.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 20, 2024 21:37 UTC