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Weakened Tomas loses hurricane status

by Staff Writers
Miami (AFP) Oct 31, 2010
The storm Tomas lost its hurricane status over the Caribbean Sea late Sunday as it continued to weaken under the effects of atmospheric counter-currents.

Maximum sustained winds decreased to 65 miles (10 kilometers) per hour, making it just a tropical storm on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale.

It was moving west over open sea at 15 miles (24 kilometers) per hour and was expected to continue the same general motion for the next couple of days, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

The storm was currently located 215 miles (350 kilometers) northeast of Curacao.

The Miami-based NHC predicted "additional weakening" in the next 48 hours.

On Saturday Tomas damaged homes and downed power lines in Barbados and St. Lucia with strong winds and heavy rains that caused no loss of life on the resort islands.

The governments of Barbados, St. Lucia and France dropped all tropical storm warnings for several Caribbean islands, including the French overseas department of Martinique.

The water-logged Caribbean basin region has already endured a heavy 2010 rainy season, particularly for Central America and southern Mexico. The ground in many areas is saturated and more rain could easily trigger landslides and flooding.



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