Hurricane Tomas weakened slightly as it moved deeper over open waters on Sunday after tearing off roofs, downing power lines, and whipping up beach-eroding waves that crashed over sea walls in the eastern Caribbean. The US National Hurricane Centre in Miami said some more weakening is forecast during the next 24 hours, and it should maintain most of its strength into Tuesday.
By Sunday, no deaths and few injuries were reported in a cluster of islands at the Caribbean Sea's eastern entrance. Authorities in St Vincent and the Grenadines said two workmen were hospitalized after they were blown off a roof during the hurricane's passage.