The Impact of Hurricane, Earthquake and Volcanoes on Named Caribbean Territories
The Impact of Hurricane, Earthquake and volcanoes on named Caribbean territories.
The Caribbean territories are at the mercy of hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes. The region have a history of devastating geographical phenomena such as hurricane Gilbert in 1988 which kill 45 persons in Jamaica, 30 in Haiti and 5 in the Dominican republic, but the most devastating period for any one country in territories was in 2008, where in a three week span Haiti was hit by tropical storm Fay, hurricane Gustav, Hanna and Ike. According to CMC article on (2009 January 3). The Jamaica observer ‘’entitled “effect of 2008 will linger long in Haiti, say world bank” suggested that as a result of the hurricanes there were damages to the agricultural sector, and the public and private infrastructure, including roads ,brides, water and sanitation system, hospital and housing . The article further states that the aggregated damage and losses is at nearly us $ 900 million or about 15 percent of Haiti’s gross domestic product. Earthquakes is another geographical phenomena which have also have an devastating effect in the region such the 1946 earthquake that hit the Dominican republic which produces a tsunami that killed 1600 people and the earthquake of January 2010 where the government of Haiti indentified 31,600 people dead another 300,000 is estimated to be injured and 1,000,000 homeless. Volcanoes have also played its roll in devastation of the region. In July 1995, Montserrat’s Soufriere hill volcano erupted and covered the island’s capital Plymouth with over 12 ft of mud; destroy its airport and docking facilities and causing the southern end of the island to be inhabited and unsafe to travel. The social, economic impact and mitigating efforts against these three phenomena is the reason the Caribbean territories is so financial dependent on foreign aid.
The social impact of hurricane, earthquakes and volcanoes is experience by all Caribbean territories. But
The Caribbean territories are at the mercy of hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes. The region have a history of devastating geographical phenomena such as hurricane Gilbert in 1988 which kill 45 persons in Jamaica, 30 in Haiti and 5 in the Dominican republic, but the most devastating period for any one country in territories was in 2008, where in a three week span Haiti was hit by tropical storm Fay, hurricane Gustav, Hanna and Ike. According to CMC article on (2009 January 3). The Jamaica observer ‘’entitled “effect of 2008 will linger long in Haiti, say world bank” suggested that as a result of the hurricanes there were damages to the agricultural sector, and the public and private infrastructure, including roads ,brides, water and sanitation system, hospital and housing . The article further states that the aggregated damage and losses is at nearly us $ 900 million or about 15 percent of Haiti’s gross domestic product. Earthquakes is another geographical phenomena which have also have an devastating effect in the region such the 1946 earthquake that hit the Dominican republic which produces a tsunami that killed 1600 people and the earthquake of January 2010 where the government of Haiti indentified 31,600 people dead another 300,000 is estimated to be injured and 1,000,000 homeless. Volcanoes have also played its roll in devastation of the region. In July 1995, Montserrat’s Soufriere hill volcano erupted and covered the island’s capital Plymouth with over 12 ft of mud; destroy its airport and docking facilities and causing the southern end of the island to be inhabited and unsafe to travel. The social, economic impact and mitigating efforts against these three phenomena is the reason the Caribbean territories is so financial dependent on foreign aid.
The social impact of hurricane, earthquakes and volcanoes is experience by all Caribbean territories. But