Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas and heads toward Cuba

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Hurricane Oscar made landfall early on Sunday in the south-eastern Bahamas and was heading towards Cuba&comma; an island recently hit by a massive power outage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said the storm’s centre arrived on Great Inagua island&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is expected to produce a dangerous storm surge that could translate into significant coastal flooding there and in other areas of the south-eastern Bahamas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two to four inches of rain are expected&comma; with isolated areas seeing up to six inches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Forecasters said five to 10 inches of rain are expected across eastern Cuba through to Tuesday&comma; with some isolated locations getting up to 15 inches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oscar formed on Saturday off the coast of the Bahamas and brushed past the Turks and Caicos islands to the south&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Hurricane Centre earlier described the storm as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tiny”&comma; but hurricane warnings were in place on Sunday for south-eastern Bahamas and portions of Cuba&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph with higher gusts&period; Its centre was located about 150 miles east-northeast of Guantanamo&comma; Cuba&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The storm was heading west at 12 mph and was expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin&comma; Cuba&comma; on Sunday at hurricane strength&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The hurricane’s approach comes as Cuba tries to recover from its worst blackout in at least two years&comma; which left millions without power for two days last week&period; Some electrical service was restored Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Philippe Papin of the National Hurricane Centre said it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unfortunately the system kind of snuck up a little bit on us&comma;” Mr Papin said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hours earlier Tropical Storm Nadine formed off Mexico’s southern Caribbean coast&period; It degenerated into a tropical depression as it moved over land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1dff6a292">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1dff6a292'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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