A new hurricane has formed in the Atlantic and has been named Oscar, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
According to the center, the hurricane is now about 265 kilometers east of the Bahamas and about 470 miles east of the city of Camagüey, Cuba. The maximum wind speed at the center of the hurricane is 129 km/h.
The NHC notes that the hurricane will hit the Turks and Caicos Islands (a British overseas territory) and create “dangerous storm surge” there. In addition, weather changes due to the hurricane are expected in the southeastern Bahamas and eastern Cuba, where flooding is possible.
The Cuban government has issued a hurricane warning.
At the end of September, Hurricane Helen hit the southeastern United States, becoming the second most destructive hurricane in the country in the last 50 years. The fourth of five categories was assigned to him: wind speed reached 70 m / s. According to the latest data, the number of victims of Helen was 270 people. The damage caused by the hurricane is estimated at $145-160 billion.
About two weeks after Helen, Hurricane Milton hit the United States as a Category 5 hurricane. The hurricane was predicted to be one of the most destructive in history, and American President Joe Biden he called it “the storm of the century.”
However, Milton was later relegated to the first division. As a result of the accident, at least 24 people were killed, the expected damage was up to $ 34 billion, RBC clarifies.
2024-10-20 03:00:00
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