After quickly becoming a tropical storm Saturday, Oscar is now a hurricane close to the eastern tip of Cuba. It's the 15th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. 

What You Need To Know

  • Oscar is a small hurricane

  • It will bring heavy rain and strong winds to the southeastern Bahamas and eastern Cuba

  • It won't affect the U.S.

Hurricane Oscar has max winds of 80 mph and is moving to the west southwest at 7 mph. Hurricane and tropical storm conditions are likely in the southeastern Bahamas and eastern Cuba over the next couple of days.

It will not affect the U.S.

Check to see how the rest of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is going so far.

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