Hurricane Oscar made landfall in eastern Cuba after hitting the southeastern Bahamas earlier Sunday, bringing heavy rains and winds. The storm is expected to weaken over Cuba before moving towards the central Bahamas.
MIAMI — Hurricane Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba , an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, after striking the southeastern Bahamas earlier in the day Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The system is expected to move across eastern Cuba Sunday night and Monday. Forecasters said 6 to 12 inches of rain are expected across eastern Cuba through early Wednesday, with some isolated locations getting up to 18 inches . A storm surge of up to 3 feet in some areas of Cuba's north shore in the area was possible, the center said.
The storm’s center late Sunday was located about 20 miles west of the eastern tip of Cuba and about 45 miles east of Guantanamo. It was heading west-southwest at 6 mph .
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