Hurricane Oscar has made landfall in eastern Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, after striking the southeastern Bahamas.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm’s center arrived in the Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening. Its maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph.Related video above: Hurricane Oscar strengthens in the Greater Antilles, while Tropical Storm Nadine makes landfall in BelizeOscar made landfall on Great Inagua island in the Bahamas earlier Sunday. 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.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said characterized the storm as “tiny” on Saturday. The government of the Bahamas has issued a hurricane warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas. The government of Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for the provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph (130 kph) with higher gusts. Its center was located about 165 miles (260 kilometers) east-southeast of the southeastern Bahamas and about 470 miles (755 kilometers) east of Camaguey, Cuba.Hours earlier, Tropical Storm Nadine formed off Mexico’s southern Caribbean coast and was moving inland across Belize. Heavy rain and tropical storm conditions were occurring over parts of Belize and the Yucatan peninsula.A tropical storm warning is in effect for Belize City and from Belize to Cancun, Mexico, including Cozumel.The hurricane center said Nadine was located about 20 miles (35 kilometers) east of Belize City, with winds of 13 mph (20 kph). Its maximum sustained winds were at 50 mph (85 kph).Nadine was expected to move across Belize, northern Guatemala and southern Mexico through Sunday, the center added.Neither system posed a direct threat to the United States, though it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane Saturday, said Philippe Papin, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.”Unfortunately, the system kind of snuck up a little bit on us,” Papin said.
Hurricane Oscar has made landfall in eastern Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, after striking the southeastern Bahamas.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm’s center arrived in the Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening. Its maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph.
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Related video above: Hurricane Oscar strengthens in the Greater Antilles, while Tropical Storm Nadine makes landfall in Belize
Oscar made landfall on Great Inagua island in the Bahamas earlier Sunday. 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.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said characterized the storm as “tiny” on Saturday.
The government of the Bahamas has issued a hurricane warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas. The government of Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for the provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.
The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph (130 kph) with higher gusts. Its center was located about 165 miles (260 kilometers) east-southeast of the southeastern Bahamas and about 470 miles (755 kilometers) east of Camaguey, Cuba.
Hours earlier, Tropical Storm Nadine formed off Mexico’s southern Caribbean coast and was moving inland across Belize. Heavy rain and tropical storm conditions were occurring over parts of Belize and the Yucatan peninsula.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Belize City and from Belize to Cancun, Mexico, including Cozumel.
The hurricane center said Nadine was located about 20 miles (35 kilometers) east of Belize City, with winds of 13 mph (20 kph). Its maximum sustained winds were at 50 mph (85 kph).
Nadine was expected to move across Belize, northern Guatemala and southern Mexico through Sunday, the center added.
Neither system posed a direct threat to the United States, though it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane Saturday, said Philippe Papin, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.
“Unfortunately, the system kind of snuck up a little bit on us,” Papin said.
