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The communities affected by flooding and landslides as displayed in Figures 1 and 2 are consistent with the areas which received heavy rainfall on the days indicated. This covered mainly the western parishes of the island as well as Kingston and St. Andrew and parts of St. Thomas. Figure 2: Radar Composite - Rainfall on September 28 and Affected Communities Source: Meteorological Service, ODPEM There were three reported incidents of microburst in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Mandeville and St. Elizabeth. Microburst is a kind of severe weather condition, which develops as a column of dropping air. Microburst appears like a tornado and usually has wind speeds of 120.7km (75 miles) per hour. 4
Table 1: Wind Analysis Parish Station Day_26 (knots) Highest Daily Wind (knots) Time of Strongest Gust (LST) St. Thomas Belvedere 2.2 18.3 0630 Nutts River 1.7 11.3 0430 Portland Happy Grove 4.4 21.7 0700 Fair Prospect 4.1 18.3 0600 C.A.S.E 3.7 17.4 1430 Kingston Norman Manley 8.3 23.3 0558 International Airport Parish Station Day_27 (knots) Highest Daily Wind (knots) Time of Strongest Gust (LST) St. Thomas Belvedere 2.2 23.5 1145 Nutts River 1.4 18.3 1200 Portland Happy Grove 4.0 20 2400 Fair Prospect 3.0 17.4 1100 C.A.S.E 2.6 16.5 1300 Kingston Norman Manley 5.4 15.2 0318 International Airport Parish Station Day_28 (knots) Highest Daily Wind (knots) Time of Strongest Gust (LST) St. Thomas Belvedere 3.0 20.9 0930 Nutts River 1.9 23.5 2300 Portland Happy Grove 4.9 24.3 1130 Fair Prospect 3.4 20.9 1030 C.A.S.E 1.2 6.1 0730 Kingston Norman Manley 7.6 25.9 2316 International Airport Parish Station Day_29 (knots) Highest Daily Wind (knots) Time of Strongest Gust (LST) St. Thomas Belvedere 8.8 36.5 0700 Nutts River 4.6 31.3 0530 Portland Happy Grove 7.9 32.2 1000 Fair Prospect 5.9 29.6 1430 C.A.S.E 3.8 20.9 1700 Kingston Norman Manley 14.1 36.5 1002 International Airport Parish Station Day_30 (knots) Highest Daily Wind (knots) Time of Strongest Gust (LST) St. Thomas Belvedere 1.2 13.9 1215 Nutts River 0.4 8.7 1630 Portland Happy Grove 4.8 19.1 1630 Fair Prospect 2.3 19.1 1000 C.A.S.E 2.5 13.9 0700 Kingston Norman Manley 3.5 10.3 1659 International Airport 5
Page 1 and 2: JAMAICA MACRO SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND EN
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Radar Com
Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary Description of th
Page 9 and 10: Infrastructure As in the case with
Page 11 and 12: Education Total damage to education
Page 13 and 14: I. INTRODUCTION The Meteorological
Page 15: On September 30, most parishes cont
Page 19 and 20: • Clarendon - Grimmith recorded 3
Page 21 and 22: The National Aeronautics and Space
Page 23 and 24: In the aftermath of the event, the
Page 25 and 26: Major landslide on the Maggotty mai
Page 27 and 28: The entrance to the Apple Valley Pa
Page 29 and 30: Figure 8: Areas Critically Affected
Page 31 and 32: Figure 9: Communities Affected by T
Page 33 and 34: elated to the weather event were tr
Page 35 and 36: At the time of the event, the predo
Page 37 and 38: Figure 10: Damage to Educational In
Page 39 and 40: C. Public Buildings a) Correctional
Page 41 and 42: Figure 12: Summary of Damage to the
Page 43 and 44: 3. Vector Control - Comprehensive p
Page 45 and 46: Figure 13: Total Damage to Agricult
Page 47 and 48: Table 15: Preliminary Costs of Dama
Page 49 and 50: Table 17: Preliminary Estimates of
Page 51 and 52: B. Tourism Sector General Overview
Page 53 and 54: Damage Preliminary cost of damage i
Page 55 and 56: IV. INFRASTRUCTURE The country’s
Page 57 and 58: islandwide. The number of customers
Page 59 and 60: The NWC was able to restore most of
Page 61 and 62: Table 23: Preliminary Cost To Re-Op
Page 63 and 64: As a result trips were shortened an
Page 65 and 66: 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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APPENDIX 79
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RADAR SUMMARY DATE : September 26,
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APPENDIX 3 Depression in New Market
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