FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Oscar quickly strengthened into a hurricane Saturday afternoon after becoming a tropical storm near the Turks and Caicos earlier that morning.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Nadine made landfall near Belize City around noon.

At 2 p.m., Oscar was a small Category 1 hurricane located about 165 miles east-southeast of the southeastern Bahamas, moving west at 12 mph with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. The storm is expected to gradually slow down and turn west-southwest over the next couple of days. Oscar could strengthen over the next day or so, after which forecasters predict little change in strength.

Hurricane-force winds extend only 5 miles from the center, while tropical-storm-force winds extend 45 miles.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas.

Meanwhile, Nadine made landfall near Belize City around noon Saturday. As of 2 p.m., the storm was located 20 miles west-northwest of Belize City, moving inland across Belize at 8 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Nadine is forecast to move across Belize, northern Guatemala and southeastern Mexico late Saturday afternoon.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Belize City to Cancun.

Weakening is forecast to begin Saturday afternoon, and Nadine is likely to dissipate by late Sunday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles north of the center.

Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.

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