Hurricane Oscar Makes Landfall in the Bahamas

The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported today, Sunday, that Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Great Inagua Island, one of the Bahamas islands.

The center added that the hurricane is expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguín in Cuba later today.

According to the center, based in Miami, the hurricane is currently about 241.4 kilometers east-northeast of Guantanamo, with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour, as reported by Reuters.

The center expects Hurricane Oscar to weaken after making landfall on Cuba’s northeastern coast but could remain a tropical storm as it moves north of Cuba late Monday and crosses the central Bahamas on Tuesday.

Oscar is approaching as Cuba struggles to restore electricity amid its worst blackout in years.

The National Hurricane Center stated that the Bahamas government has revised its hurricane warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands to a tropical storm warning.

Hurricane warnings remain in effect for southeastern Bahamas and the provinces of Holguín, Guantanamo, and Las Tunas in Cuba.