Hurricane Oscar rapidly intensifies near Turks and Caicos, warnings issued for Bahamas
Summary: Hurricane Oscar formed east of the Turks and Caicos Islands on Saturday, rapidly intensifying from a tropical storm to a hurricane with winds of 130 km/h. Warnings have been issued for the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Oscar is a small storm, with hurricane-force winds extending only 10 km from its center. Its rapid development follows the formation of another storm, Nadine, which made landfall in the western Caribbean Sea less than 24 hours earlier.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicts Oscar may strengthen further as it moves west toward Cuba, where it could make landfall late Sunday or early Monday before shifting northeast toward the central Bahamas.
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