Hurricane Oscar | Tropical Storm Oscar Dumps Heavy Rain On Eastern Cuba, Causes Power Outages | N18G

Its maximum sustained winds reached 65 kilometers per hour on Monday as Oscar moved north-northwest at 11 kph. The storm was located about 130 kilometers northwest of Guantanamo, Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.Up to 36 centimeters of rain were forecast across eastern Cuba, with isolated amounts of up to around 50 cm."The main concern is just very heavy rainfall that's occurring over portions of eastern Cuba right now that are likely producing significant flooding and even potentially some mudslides in that area," said Philippe Papin, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.Oscar is the smallest hurricane on record, with a wind field of only about 10 km across, according to hurricane specialist and storm surge expert Michael Lowry.He noted that not a single forecast model indicated that Oscar might strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday before making landfall in the Bahamas. "It's not often we see a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting," he wrote in an analysis published on Monday.Oscar made landfall in the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening with winds of 120 kph. The storm had also made landfall on Saturday on Great Inagua in the Bahamas, where residents were evacuated after their homes were damaged.Rain and flooding in low-lying areas were reported in Cuba's eastern provinces. Cuban media reported 2-meter swells hitting the coast and that roofs and walls in Baracoa had been damaged.Show more