 An area of disturbed weather developed into a tropical storm while located south @-@ southwest of Jamaica on October 26 . The system moved slowly north @-@ northwestward and gradually strengthened , reaching hurricane status on October 28 . By early on the following day , it made landfall on the southern coast of Sancti Spíritus Province , Cuba . Briefly weakening to a tropical storm , the system re @-@ intensified into a hurricane after reaching the Atlantic Ocean late on October 29 . Moving toward the Bahamas , the storm became a Category 2 hurricane on October 30 . Around that time , it struck Grand Bahama island . After peaking with winds of 110 mph ( 175 km / h ) , the system accelerated north @-@ northwestward and made landfall near Myrtle Beach , South Carolina on October 31 . It quickly weakened and became extratropical over Virginia later that day . 
