Hurricane Oscar Threatens the Caribbean with High Winds and Heavy Rain

Hurricane Oscar is set to make landfall on Cuba's northern coast, prompting warnings across the Caribbean. With maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, Oscar threatens flash flooding and mudslides in eastern Cuba and dangerous storm surges in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas.

Cuba has issued a hurricane warning for its northern coast as Hurricane Oscar is forecast to make landfall on Sunday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center announced on Saturday. The warning affects the Holguin and Guantanamo provinces, as per the latest advisory.

The Bahamas government has also issued a warning for Hurricane Oscar, which formed east of the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to previous advisories from the NHC. The Turks and Caicos Islands are also under a hurricane warning.

Hurricane Oscar is currently positioned 70 miles west of Grand Turk Island and 365 miles east of Camaguey city in Cuba, boasting maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, according to the NHC. The hurricane is expected to cause heavy rainfall and flash flooding in eastern Cuba, particularly in the Sierra Maestra mountains, and dangerous storm surges in the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas.