Oscar Brings Winds, Heavy Rains to Eastern Cuba After Striking the Bahamas

Oscar Brings Winds, Heavy Rains to Eastern Cuba After Striking the Bahamas
A satellite image shows Hurricane Oscar on Oct. 19, 2024. NOAA via AP
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HAVANA—Tropical Storm Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island already beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after brushing the Bahamas.

It made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph in the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening. Oscar had weakened to a tropical storm with 70 mph winds by late Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.