As of approximately 1:00 p.m., central time, the National Hurricane Center reports that the center of Tomas was about to move through the windward passage.\u00a0 Location: 19.8\u00b0N 74.0\u00b0W – Max sustained: 85 mph – Moving: NNE at 12 mph \u2013 Min pressure: 987 mb<\/p>\n
Tomas gained strength overnight to Hurricane force and passed over the southwest peninsula of Haiti this morning. Local officials have called for the evacuation of refugees living in temporary housing that will not be suitable for the high winds and rains, but there is no where for these individuals to evacuate to and a fear that they will lose the small amount of belongs they have.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ELH last night reported rain and high winds, but no additional damage yet.\u00a0 Please remember the people living in Haiti and those working on continued relief efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As of approximately 1:00 p.m., central time, the National Hurricane Center reports that the center of Tomas was about to move through the windward passage.\u00a0 Location: 19.8\u00b0N 74.0\u00b0W – Max sustained: 85 mph – Moving: NNE at 12 mph \u2013 Min pressure: 987 mb Tomas gained strength overnight to Hurricane force and passed over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiti"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n