Tropical Storm Oscar Heads Toward the Bahamas After Dumping Rains on Eastern Cuba

Tropical Storm Oscar Heads Toward the Bahamas After Dumping Rains on Eastern Cuba
A satellite image shows Hurricane Oscar at 6:40 p.m. ET on Oct. 20, 2024. NOAA via AP
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HAVANA—Tropical Storm Oscar was heading toward the Bahamas late Monday after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba.

Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 40 mph late Monday as Oscar moved north-northeast at 8 mph. The storm was about 105 miles south of Long Island, Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. A tropical storm warning was in effect for the central and southeastern Bahamas.