Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Bahamas, bears down on powerless Cuba

Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Hurricane Oscar made landfall in the southwest Bahamas early Sunday, and was bearing down on Cuba, where it is expected to make a second landfall later Sunday.

In its 2 pm EDT update, the National Hurricane Center said Oscar is about 90 miles east-northeast of Guantanamo Bay. A hurricane warning is in effect for the north coast of the Cuban provinces of Holguin and Guantanamo to Punta Maisi.

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