Hurricane Oscar (2024)

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Hurricane Oscar was a compact tropical cyclone that had the smallest hurricane-force wind field on record for an Atlantic hurricane. Oscar made landfall on Grand Turk Island and in eastern Cuba in late October 2024, where it caused moderate damage. The fifteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Oscar originated from a long-lived tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa on October 10. The wave did not undergo tropical cyclogenesis until October 19, due to adverse atmospheric conditions. Oscar immediately began a round of rapid intensification, becoming a Category 1 hurricane that same day. After reaching its first peak intensity while passing over Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the storm moved slowly towards Cuba, making landfall late on October 20. Land interaction severely disrupted the system, and Oscar emerged north of Cuba as a minimal tropical storm with a poorly defined center. Unfavorable conditions continued to hamper...

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