San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tropical Storm ‘Oscar’ disintegrated on Tuesday while heading towards the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, causing at least six deaths while dumping heavy rains on the island, which was already suffering from a massive blackout. related.
The remains of ‘Oscar’ were about 115 kilometers (75 miles) east-southeast of Long Island, Bahamas, on Tuesday afternoon. Its maximum sustained winds decreased to 55 kilometers per hour (35 miles per hour) as the remnants moved northwest at 19 km/h (12 mph), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). .
The remnants of ‘Oscar’ are expected to dump up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) of rain in the southeastern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
“At this time ‘Oscar’ is at best just a tropical storm,” the NHC said.
‘Oscar’ made history as the smallest hurricane on record, with a wind field just 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter. It took many by surprise by making landfall on Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas on Saturday and again in eastern Cuba on Sunday night before turning around and heading back to the Bahamas.
“It is not often that we see a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting,” hurricane and storm surge expert Michael Lowry wrote in an analysis published Monday. No forecast models indicated that Oscar could become a hurricane on Saturday, he added.
‘Oscar’ left at least 38 centimeters (15 inches) of water in parts of eastern Cuba on Monday, and meteorologists warned of heavy flooding and possible landslides. The six deaths were reported in Guantánamo.
Cubans were already suffering from a prolonged blackout that has left the population without electricity or running water since last week and sparked a handful of small protests and a warning from the government that any disturbance would be prosecuted.
‘Oscar’ was the 15th named storm and 10th hurricane of the Atlantic season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
Long-range models predict that another storm could form in the central Caribbean within a week.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a busier than normal hurricane season in the Atlantic this year due to record high ocean temperatures. He expected 17 to 25 named storms before the end of the season, with four to seven Category 3 or higher hurricanes.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Kristy was moving through open waters in the Pacific Ocean.
The storm was 755 kilometers (470 miles) west-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, on Tuesday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 95 km/h (60 mph) and was moving west-northwest at 26 km/h (16 mph). Kristy is expected to reach hurricane strength Tuesday night.
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