Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas, heads toward Cuba
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Hurricane Oscar made landfall early Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward Cuba.
Oscar, which the hurricane center characterized as “very small,” is the 15th named storm of the hurricane season. It formed as a tropical storm just east of the Turks and Caicos islands on Saturday before quickly becoming a hurricane.
It was just off the coast of Great Inagua in the Bahamas early Sunday and expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin, Cuba, later in the afternoon or evening. It was forecast to hit the Bahamas again on Tuesday but at a different point in the island chain.
hurricane season officially began on June 1 and finishes Nov. 30, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October. Hurricane activity tends to peak in mid-September, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In Florida, Gulf Coast communities are struggling in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes, as Hurricane Helene rammed into the region less than two weeks before Hurricane Milton arrived.
Source: cbsnews.com