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Comparison of the most affected communities with the poverty map indicates that the communities were generally not located in the poorest areas. There was, however, evidence that some communities such as Sandy Gully, are pockets of poverty within wealthier communities. A total of 2169 houses were assessed after the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole. Of these, 474 (21.8 per cent) were severely damaged while 54 (2.5 per cent) were totally destroyed. Damage amounted to an estimated $274.3 million of which $75.6 million was the replacement cost for those totally destroyed units. Westmoreland had the highest number of homes that were totally destroyed, and accounted for a third of the estimated replacement cost. In terms of overall damage, the five most affected parishes in rank order are Westmoreland with 648 houses and 28.4 per cent of the reported cost of damage, KSA with 261 (15.8 per cent), St. Catherine - 209 (14.1 per cent), St. Mary – 27 (9.8 per cent) and St. Elizabeth with 310 (7.9 per cent) as presented in Table 11. Most of the damage to housing units was caused by flooding. Environment The entire island was enveloped by the intense showers of Tropical Storm Nicole. The continuous rains resulted in flooding, landslides and over flowing of rivers/gullies across the island resulting in the loss of lives and property and severe damage to the country’s infrastructure. Data from the Water Resources Authority (WRA) indicated that some rivers experienced the highest flows on record. The torrential rainfall also resulted in pollution of the environment from runoff and spills from industrial facilities and sewage treatment plants, coastal erosion, sedimentation of coastal water bodies and accumulation of solid waste. There was also damage to vegetation in some areas, evidenced by uprooted trees. Emergency Operations Relief operations during and after the event included the airlifting of 300 relief packages to six marooned communities in the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Catherine & KSA by the JDF. The Ministry of Health responded to 16 emergency requests and eight helicopter Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) flights were completed, with transportation of nine patients to hospital. The Red Cross also provided relief supplies to 1,456 people in 7 communities. The total cost for emergency activities was estimated at approximately $48.9 million. This included $8.3 million and $10.0 million to cover emergency/humanitarian relief supplies of the ODPEM and the Red Cross respectively. Another $0.65 million was spent on helicopter fuel for 18.5 hrs of helicopter flights, and fuel for four trips to carry paddle boats to Pedro River and Chigwell. xi
I. INTRODUCTION The Meteorological Phenomenon A. Description of Events The formation of Tropical Storm Nicole which affected the island from September 28 – October 1, 2010 was the culmination of a series of sequential weather events between September 22 and September 27. These weather events included: significant moisture and broad cyclonic flow associated with Tropical Depression Matthew which continued to impact much of the western Caribbean producing strong showers and thunderstorms west of 78°W; deep layer moisture across most of the Caribbean west of 67°W. This was associated with monsoonal moisture from northern South America and the large scale cyclonic surface wind field from the remnant low center of Tropical Storm Matthew; an upper-level ridge axis that extended eastward to 14°N, 61°W over the remainder of the Caribbean basin. This upper-level pattern provided a diffluent environment aloft and in turn supported the widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms noted on satellite imagery mostly located west of 64°W; and a concentrated area of convective activity associated with a broad 1004 millibar lowpressure centre over northern Belize near 18°N, 88°W. Scattered moderate to strong convection was mostly located within 180 nautical miles of the centre and over interior portions of the Yucatan Peninsula. Global model guidance agreed on further organization of this broad area of low pressure over the western Caribbean. Based on radar reports of continuing showers and thunderstorms over Jamaica on September 26 and into September 27, with the low-pressure area drifting northward in the vicinity of the island, a Flash Flood Warning was issued at 1:00 p.m. Forecast Track for T.D. #16 at formation 1
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Page 11: Education Total damage to education
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Page 39 and 40: C. Public Buildings a) Correctional
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Page 51 and 52: B. Tourism Sector General Overview
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Page 55 and 56: IV. INFRASTRUCTURE The country’s
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As a result trips were shortened an
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events (Hurricane Ivan, 2004; Hurri
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Figure 18). Seagrass beds along wit
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Figure 19: Eroded section of Long B
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Waste Significant volumes of waste
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VI. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF TROPICA
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unemployment levels; and 2) reduced
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January April July October January
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domestic market, business and consu
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State of Emergency in sections of K
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mainly to a reduction in outflow of
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• a $4.0 million grant to assist
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VII. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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Proposed Projects Apart from projec
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RADAR SUMMARY DATE : September 26,
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APPENDIX 3 Depression in New Market
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