Hurricane Oscar forms in the western Atlantic

After quickly becoming a tropical storm Saturday, Oscar has now become a hurricane in the western Atlantic. It’s the 15th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Hurricane Oscar has max winds of 80 mph and is moving westward at 12 mph. Tropical storm conditions are expected in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the southeastern Bahamas and eastern Cuba over the weekend.

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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