Tag: Hurricane Oscar

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 08:35 UTC

  Cuba lives through Hurricane Oscar amid power shortages

  

  In addition to the current electricity supply crisis, Cuba's eastern province of Guantanamo, near Baracoa, was hit by Category I Hurricane Oscar late Sunday with maximum sustained winds of nearly 80 mph (130km/h). Oscar later waned to a tropical storm with 70 mph winds, the US National Hurricane Center said but it could still cause significant flash flooding and mudslides.

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