CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (AP) -- Hurricane Omar is a powerful Category 3 storm, but it appears to have skipped through the Caribbean without causing major damage.

The National Hurricane Center says Omar's top winds are 125 miles-per-hour, but overnight it passed between St. Martin and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A shift to the east meant St. Croix experienced the weaker side of the system and officials say winds only reached 48 miles per hour there.

Emergency officials say there's been some flooding and minor mudslides, but there have been no reports of deaths or major damage.

Omar is taking an unusual track, moving from southwest to the northeast. It's on a heading for the central North Atlantic, well away from the U.S. coast.

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