Hurricane Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after striking the southeastern Bahamas earlier in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The hurricane center said the storm’s center made landfall in the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city of Baracoa, on Sunday evening.

Thunderstorms and rain, along with moderate flooding in low-lying areas, were reported in the country’s eastern provinces. Cuban media said 2-meter swells were hitting the coastline and damage to roofs and walls in Baracoa had been observed. Authorities have set up 20 centers for evacuees.

Forecasters said 6 to 12 inches of rain are expected across eastern Cuba through early Wednesday, with some isolated locations getting up to 18 inches. A storm surge of up to 3 feet in some areas of Cuba’s north shore in the area was possible, the center said.

Oscar was expected to weaken over eastern Cuba before making a turn to the northeast and approaching the central Bahamas on Tuesday, the center said.

— The Associated Press