90% chance of cyclone over Bahamas, US issues warning

Cyclone In Bahamas: The system is forecast to turn westward and west-southwestward on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A low pressure system located more than 300 miles northeast of the southeastern Bahamas has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.

Cyclone In Bahamas: Waves are seen crashing in the cost, in Long Island, Bahamas. (Reuters)

The system is forecast to turn westward and west-southwestward on Tuesday and Wednesday, approaching and moving near the northwestern Bahamas and the east coast of Florida, where additional development is possible, the NHC said.