Today's top weather news: Oscar turns deadly in Cuba as new storm hits Pacific

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The Oscar for the deadly tropical storm is aimed at the Bahamas

The impact of Tropical Storm Oscar has left at least six people dead in Cuba, while the weakening system is once again taking aim at the Bahamas, where it made landfall for the first time over the weekend.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel made the announcement a day after the storm made landfall Category 1 hurricane.

Oscar made landfall just before 6 p.m. ET on Sunday near Baracoa in Cuba's Guantánamo province Winds at a speed of 80 miles per hour – the second landing of the day. Early Sunday, Oscar made his first landing on Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas.

This image shows people on a boat during flooding caused by Tropical Storm Oscar in Cuba.

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Tropical Storm Kristy forms from the remnants of Nadine off the coast of Mexico

The Remnants of former Tropical Storm Nadine have become a new tropical storm in the Eastern Pacific ocean off the coast of the south Mexico.

Since this is not Nadine's original print, the National Hurricane Center has assigned her the next name on the Eastern Pacific naming list – Tropical storm Kristy.

Kristy is expected to intensify into one hurricane until Wednesday. However, the FOX Forecast Center said the storm is not expected to impact land areas as it remains over the open waters of the Eastern Pacific.

This graphic shows the forecast for Tropical Storm Kristy.

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Trio of meteor showers light up the night sky

admirer of Space Next month there will be a few more reasons to look up as three more meteor showers are expected to reach peak visibility.

The Leonid and Southern and Northern Taurid meteor showers each peak sometime in November.

If three meteor showers for November weren't enough, Geminid meteor shower activity begins on November 19th. This meteor shower won't peak until mid-December, but NASA considers the Geminid meteor shower to be one of the best annual meteor showers.

FILE – BAZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 17, 2021 – Starry sky over Hora Mountain in Bayingoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in the early morning of November 17, 2021. The Leonid meteor shower arrives on winter nights. (Image credit should be via Getty Images)

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Watch: Record-breaking flooding in New Mexico leaves the Roswell family in distress

A couple in Roswell, New Mexiconarrowly escaped tragedy after her death home was destroyed by a catastrophe flooding over the weekend.

Chaser Dean Harper said he was trapped on his porch with his wife and their pets as the water rose Saturday. Four hours later, the Roswell The fire department arrived to rescue those stranded Familysaid Harper.

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