Hurricane Oscar Heads to Cuba After Making Landfall in Bahamas
- Cuba is already dealing with a prolonged energy blackout
- Storm may reverse course and head back toward Bahamas
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Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas and is forecast to strike in eastern Cuba on Sunday afternoon, the US National Hurricane Center said.
Oscar came ashore early Sunday with top winds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, making it a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step, Saffir-Simpson scale, the agency said in an advisory. The storm is expected to drop as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain across eastern Cuba and may lift ocean levels by 4 feet.