Archive: October 2010
Tomas weakened to a tropical storm Sunday and was churning in the Caribbean after pounding the island of St. Vincent with gusty winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said.
Dilma Rousseff, who was elected as Brazil’s first female president on Sunday, once told reporters that as a typical Brazilian girl in the 1950s she dreamed of becoming a ballerina.
Brazil’s new president-elect vowed to continue her predecessor’s move to fight against inequality and promote human rights and fight poverty in her victory speech Sunday night.
A weakened Hurricane Tomas was heading into open Caribbean waters on Sunday after pounding the island of St. Vincent with gusty winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Tomas strengthened to a Category 2 storm as it traveled through the eastern Caribbean on Sunday morning, forecasters said.
Fourteen people were shot and killed at a soccer field in northern Honduras, a police spokesman said Saturday.
After intensifying into a hurricane, Tomas lashed the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent with heavy rains and gusty winds Saturday, forecasters said.
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has risen to more than 330, and officials believe Hurricane Tomas may worsen the situation as it approaches, a U.N. spokeswoman said Saturday.
After intensifying into a hurricane, Tomas was nearing the northern Windward Islands on Saturday, taking aim at St. Lucia and St. Vincent, forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Tomas spun near hurricane strength Saturday morning as it moved near the island of Barbados in the West Indies and headed toward the northern Windward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Next Page »
