Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Sunday evening in Cuba as the country continues to grapple with a power outage.
Forecasters said five to 10 inches (13-25 cm) of rain are expcted across eastern Cuba through Tuesday, with some areas going up to 15 inches.
Hurricane Oscar hit the southeastern Bahams earlier on Sunday, according to the the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The NHC said the storm’s center arrived in the Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening. Its maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph (130 kph).
This is a developing news story and will be updated.
sdi/jsi (AFP, AP)
