A new hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and bears the name Oscar, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States.
According to the center, the hurricane is now about 265 kilometers east of the Bahamas and about 470 miles east of the city of Camagüey, Cuba. The maximum wind speed at the hurricane’s epicenter is 129 km/h.
The NHC notes that the hurricane will hit the Turks and Caicos Islands (a British overseas territory) and create a “dangerous storm surge” there. Additionally, climate changes due to the hurricane are expected in the southeastern Bahamas and eastern Cuba, where flooding is possible.
The Cuban government has issued a hurricane warning.
In late September, Hurricane Helen hit the southeastern United States, becoming the country’s second most destructive hurricane in the last 50 years. It was assigned the fourth category out of five possible: the wind speed reached 70 m/s. According to the latest data, the number of “Helen” victims was 270 people. Damage caused by the hurricane is estimated at between $145 billion and $160 billion.
About two weeks after Helen, Hurricane Milton hit the United States as a Category 5 hurricane. The hurricane was predicted to be one of the most destructive in history, and the US president joe biden He called it “the storm of the century.”
However, Milton later weakened to the first category. As a result of the disaster, at least 24 people died and the expected damages amounted to 34 billion dollars, RBC clarifies.
