HURRICANE OSCAR MADE landfall early today in the south-eastern Bahamas and was heading towards Cuba, an island recently hit by a massive power outage.
The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said the storm’s centre arrived on Great Inagua island.
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.
Two to four inches of rain are expected, with isolated areas seeing up to six inches.
Forecasters said five to 10 inches of rain are expected across eastern Cuba through to Tuesday, with some isolated locations getting up to 15 inches.
Oscar formed yesterday off the coast of the Bahamas and brushed past the Turks and Caicos islands to the south.
The National Hurricane Centre earlier described the storm as “tiny”, but hurricane warnings were in place on Sunday for south-eastern Bahamas and portions of Cuba.
The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked …