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emergency requests and eight helicopter Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) flights were completed, with transportation of nine patients to hospital. The Red Cross provided relief supplies and food packages to 1,456 people in seven communities. A total of 27 shelters were opened across the island housing 532 persons. At the peak of the event, some 457 persons had sought refuge in 11 shelters in seven parishes. As at October 5, 2010, a total of 114 persons remained in 6 shelters in Kingston, St. James and St. Catherine (See Figure 6). Figure 6: Status of Shelters Sept 29 – October 5, 2010 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Figure 1.0: Shelter Status Sept. 29. 2010 - Oct 05, 2010 0 29/09/2010 29/09/2010 29/09/2010 30/09/2010 30/09/2010 1/10/2010 1/10/2010 05/10/2010 No. of Shelters Opened No. of Persons in Shelter The total cost for emergency activities following Tropical Storm Nicole was estimated at approximately $48.9 million. This included $ 8.3 million and $10 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. The Jamaica Red Cross also stated that some of the funds will be used to support the Ministry of Health’s Dengue Emergency Programme and to purchase the chemical, Malathion used to destroy Aedes aegypti mosquitoes breeding sites that may be prevalent in some areas. 10
In the aftermath of the event, the Government allocated $30 million to be shared by the 14 local authorities to undertake much needed drain cleaning and vector control activities islandwide. Each Council would receive $1 to $3 million towards drain cleaning; some received $200,000 while others received $500,000 for vector control 7 . C. Affected Population The estimated population during the period of the flood rains was 2.7 million. As at October 5, 2010 approximately 18.7 per cent of the total population or some 507,831 persons from 130 communities were directly and indirectly affected by the natural disaster. Most of the affected communities were impacted by flooding (See Table 3 and Table 4). Table 3: Estimated Affected Population Due To Heavy Rainfall and Flooding from Tropical Storm Nicole (As reported to the ODPEM’s NEOC) End of Year % End of % End of Year % End of % Projected Population Estimated Population Population Year Population Year At the time of TS Affected during 2006 Population 2008 Population Nicole Tropical Storm Nicole 2007 2009 (September 28- October 1, 2010) Jamaica 2,669,500 100.0 2,682,100 100.0 2,692,400 100.0 2,698,800 100.0 2,708,813 507,831 Kingston and 660,600 24.7 663,600 24.7 666,200 24.7 667,800 24.7 670,278 94,609 St. Andrew St. Thomas 93,400 3.5 93,900 3.5 94,300 3.5 94,500 3.5 94,851 9,853 Portland 81,500 3.1 81,900 3.1 82,300 3.1 82,400 3.1 82,706 390 St. Mary 113,400 4.3 113,900 4.2 114,300 4.2 114,600 4.2 115,025 9,556 St. Ann 172,000 6.4 172,800 6.4 173,400 6.4 173,800 6.4 174,445 14,892 Trelawny 75,000 2.8 75,300 2.8 75,600 2.8 75,800 2.8 76,081 6,078 St. James 182,800 6.8 183,700 6.9 184,400 6.9 184,900 6.9 185,586 36,489 Hanover 69,300 2.6 69,600 2.6 69,900 2.6 70,100 2.6 70,360 32,057 Westmoreland 143,800 5.4 144,400 5.4 145,000 5.4 145,300 5.4 145,839 36,858 St. Elizabeth 149,800 5.6 150,600 5.6 151,100 5.6 151,500 5.6 152,062 33,879 Manchester 189,300 7.1 190,200 7.1 190,900 7.1 191,400 7.1 192,110 7,770 Clarendon 244,400 9.2 245,600 9.2 246,500 9.2 247,100 9.2 248,017 46,630 St. Catherine 494,200 18.5 496,600 18.5 498,500 18.5 499,600 18.5 501,454 178,769 Source: Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2009 Note: Population Projection by the Social Policy, Planning and Research Division, PIOJ. Estimated population affected during Tropical Storm Nicole data based on assessment from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) and using community data from 2001 Poverty Map. 7 http://rjrnewsonline.com/news/local/30m-islandwide-drain-cleaning-vector-control 11
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 and 16: On September 30, most parishes cont
Page 17 and 18: Table 1: Wind Analysis Parish Stati
Page 19 and 20: • Clarendon - Grimmith recorded 3
Page 21: The National Aeronautics and Space
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
Page 67 and 68: Figure 18). Seagrass beds along wit
Page 69 and 70: Figure 19: Eroded section of Long B
Page 71 and 72: 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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