Oscar tracker: Follow tropical storm's path as it heads toward the Bahamas
Tropical Storm Oscar dumped heavy rain on eastern Cuba on Monday, a day after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the island nation, and now takes aim at the Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday.
The center of Oscar is expected to move near the southeastern and central Bahamas Tuesday, then move away from the Bahamas Tuesday night and Wednesday, the NHC said in an advisory Tuesday morning. The storm has maximum sustained winds near 40 mph with higher gusts.
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches, with isolated amounts around 8 inches, are expected across the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands through Tuesday, the NHC said, which could cause localized flash flooding.
"While little change in strength is forecast during the next day or two, Oscar is expected to become a post-tropical low by tonight and then be absorbed by another low pressure area by Thursday," NHC forecasters said Tuesday.
In the U.S., powerful waves from Oscar could hit East Coast beaches in the coming days, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne, Florida.
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10 hurricanes so far in 2024
Oscar was the 10th hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which does not officially end until Nov. 30. It's only the 10th season on record with that many hurricanes, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. A typical year has seven hurricanes. Hurricane records go back to 1851.
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Overall, thus far in 2024, there have been 15 named storms in the Atlantic basin. This includes four major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale), according to AccuWeather.
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