Tomas moves away from land; mudslides remain threat in Haiti
Baku, November 7 (AZERTAC). Hurricane Tomas killed six people and left a trail of destroyed homes in Haiti as it continued moving away from land Sunday, CNN reports.
However, Haitians could still grapple with effects from Tomas after the hurricane dissipates.
The hurricane was expected to weaken in the next few days as it churns away from the Americas into the Atlantic Ocean.
As of late Saturday night, Tomas was about 275 miles (440 kilometers) north-northeast of Grand Turk Island and about 570 miles (915 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
The hurricane carried maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and was headed north-northeast at at 10 mph (17 kph), the Hurricane Center said. Tomas currently poses no threat to land.
In Haiti, a nation still grappling with the effects of a killer earthquake and a deadly cholera outbreak this year, Tomas ruined houses and turned some streets into rivers. Six people were also killed by the storm, according to the Haitian Civil Protection Authority.
January`s 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed 250,000 people and left 1 million more homeless. Many of those Haitians have been living in tent camps, and aid workers had been working in recent days to move the residents to safer housing, which was difficult to find.
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