As the Island of Haiti is still recovering from the divesting earthquake back in January of 2010, they are now under a hurricane threat. The government had already issued a warning and had all the victims of the earthquake at the refuge camps advised to seek safety at any homes they can find.
However, with the recent updates on the tropical storm/ depression Tomas, the NHC has now given the people of Haiti some relief. They have said that Tomas was just a disorganized tropical depression as of Wednesday forecasters don’t expect it to regain hurricane force. The storm winds are about 35 miles per hour and was about 390 miles southwest of Port-au-Price, Haiti, and moving west- northwest at about 6 miles per hour.
Hurricanes can be very unpredictable unfortunately. There is a brief increase in wind shear over Tomas is the suspected culprit behind the weakening trend. However, shear is expected to weaken soon. With the lighter wind shear the atmospheric conditions should be ideal for Tomas to begin strengthen by tonight. The forecast still calls for Tomas to become a tropical storm, by Thursday night or Friday. Tomas should gradually turn toward the northwest today and toward the north tonight and Thursday. On the current forecast path Tomas could pass close to Jamaica Thursday night and Friday morning. For that reason a tropical storm watch is in effect for Jamaica. Tomas is forecast to pass over western Haiti later Friday and Friday night as a tropical storm; Tomas is predicated to bring heavy rainfall, flooding and mud slides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic Thursday through at least Saturday. This would be particularly devastating to Haiti.
The Storm has already killed 14 people and left seven missing in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Lucia.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/
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