Hurricane Oscar strengthens into Category 2 storm and brings high surf to Bermuda beaches

Hurricane Oscar strengthened into a Category 2 storm Monday night (Oct. 29) in the central Atlantic Ocean as it marched northward and brought high surf to the beaches of Bermuda.

In an 10 p.m. update, the National Hurricane Center said the eye of the storm was over open water in the Atlantic, about 515 miles southeast of Bermuda. The storm was moving north at about 9 mph with sustained winds near 105 miles per hour.

Forecasters expect the hurricane to accelerate toward the northeast during the next couple of days. Some slight strengthening was still possible late Monday and early Tuesday, followed by gradual midweek weakening .

Large swells generated by Oscar will affect Bermuda through Wednesday. Oscar is the 16th named storm to develop during the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30.

Read the full National Hurricane Center forecast.

The projected path of Hurricane Oscar.  National Hurricane

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