Hurricane Oscar has formed off the coast of the Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Saturday. The storm poses potential threats to surrounding areas of the southeastern Bahamas and is expected to bring hurricane conditions and produce a storm surge on the Turks and Caicos Islands, with heavy rainfall, the NHC said.

The formation of Oscar and Nadine comes as parts of the U.S. have been hit hard by a pair of hurricanes, Helene and Milton, that devastated communities, destroyed roads, caused power outages, took lives and injured many.