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 Tomas at its peak intensity while moving away from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on October 30 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 29, 2010 |
| Extratropical | November 7, 2010 |
| Dissipated | November 11, 2010 |
| Category 2 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 100 mph (155 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 982 mbar (hPa); 29.00 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 44 total |
| Damage | $463 million (2010 USD) |
| Areas affected | Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Tomas was a moderately powerful late-season tropical cyclone which is the latest Atlantic hurricane on record in the calendar year to strike the Windward Islands. The nineteenth named storm and twelfth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, Tomas developed from a tropical wave east of the Windward Islands on October 29. Quickly intensifying into a hurricane, it moved through the Windward Islands and passed over Saint Lucia. After reaching Category 2 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale, Tomas quickly weakened to a tropical storm in the central Caribbean Sea, due to strong wind shear and dry air. Tomas later reintensified into a hurricane near the Windward passage.
Along the hurricane's path, 44 fatalities occurred, 8 of whom were in Saint Lucia. In the wake of the storm in Haiti, flooding exacerbated a cholera outbreak, indirectly causing more fatalities. However, direct impacts from the hurricane in Haiti were less than anticipated. Overall damage from the storm was $463.4 million.