Tropical Storm Oscar is expected to move near the southeastern and central Bahamas Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Despite its death toll in Cuba, meteorologists said Oscar was the smallest hurricane ever recorded. Will it bring residual effects to Beaufort County?

Tropical Storm Oscar is chugging toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people.

Tropical Storm Oscar shifted directions since Monday, and is now passing over the Bahamas on the way back out into the Atlantic after leaving at least six dead in Cuba after making landfall as a

Oscar held on to tropical storm strength overnight, despite the blow dealt by Cuba’s mountains, as it rolled over the Southeastern Bahamas on Tuesday. The storm is expected to drop about 3 to 5 inches of rain on the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos as it crosses the islands.

Tropical Storm Oscar remained crouched over eastern Cuba, where it could drop more than a foot of rain as it crawls over the island nation at 3 mph. Oscar was a tiny, weak storm, with tropical-storm-force winds extending just 45 miles from the center and maximum sustained winds at 40 mph.

Up to 20 inches of rain is forecast in some regions of Cuba, which could trigger flash flooding and mudslides.

Tropical Storm Oscar was moving across eastern Cuba after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the island already beleaguered by a massive power outage.

Tropical Storm Oscar dumped heavy rain across eastern Cuba on Monday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the island already beleaguered by a massive power outage. Its maximum sustained winds blew at 40 mph on Monday as Oscar moved northwest at 6 mph.