Tropical Storm Oscar was heading toward the Bahamas late Monday after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba. A tropical storm warning was in effect for the central and southeastern Bahamas.
Tropical Storm Oscar was heading toward the Bahamas late Monday after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba.
Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 40 mph (65 kph) late Monday as Oscar moved north-northeast at 8 mph. The storm was about 105 miles south of Long Island, Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. A tropical storm warning was in effect for the central and southeastern Bahamas.
Oscar is the smallest hurricane on record, with a wind field of only about 6 miles across, according to hurricane specialist and storm surge expert Michael Lowry.
