At least 14 people are now known to have died on the Caribbean island of St Lucia after Tropical Storm Tomas triggered landslides. Tourism minister Allan Chastanet told local radio that the southern town of Soufriere had been worst hit and resembled a war zone. The storm, which struck at the weekend, also battered the island of St Vincent. Prime Minister Stephenson King declared a state of emergency in St Lucia and appealed for international assistance. Tomas was veering towards Haiti, where some 1.3 million people still live in tents, following January's earthquake. Today Tomas was about 570 kilometres south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and moving west at 119 kilometres per hour with sustained winds of 85 kilometres per hour. Forecasters have warned that Tomas could strengthen again to a hurricane and that parts of Haiti are in its projected path for later in the week. US officials said its Navy ship- Iwo Jima – is steaming toward Haiti to be on hand if emergency relief is needed.