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Hurricane Tomas Weakens as it Leaves Caribbean
Sunday, November 7, 2010
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(Dive Travel Business News -  November 7, 2010) --  A weakened Hurricane Tomas moved into the open Atlantic Ocean, about 525 miles southwest of Bermuda on Sunday. After declining to tropical storm status after causing flooding across several regions of earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Saturday, the storm’s winds fell to 60 mph. According to international press reports, the storm avoided Haiti’s largest homeless encampments, located around the capital of Port au Prince. Roughly 1.3 million people remain homeless following the Jan. 12 earthquake. Tomas did not cause loss of life or significant damage in Cuba, according to reports, and largely bypassed the Turks & Caicos.

St. Lucia continued to rebound from what some called the worst natural disaster in its history as the island suffered about $37 million in damage from Tomas. St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King said it will cost $500 million to rebuild the country. In addition, four cruise ships will replace scheduled port calls in St. Lucia with visits to Martinique. For more information, visit the National Hurricane Center website at www.nhc.noaa.gov.

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