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E. Casualties Sixteen persons reportedly lost their lives as a result of the event, 14 of whom have been confirmed dead. Among those who perished were six children between 0 (newborn) and 14 years of age (Table 7). Nine persons died by drowning and 10 by crush injury. Table 7: Summary of Deaths Related to Tropical Storm Nicole Parish Age Gender Status KSA 14 M Confirmed KSA 42 M Confirmed KSA 34 F Confirmed KSA 4 M Confirmed KSA 6 F Confirmed KSA 61 M Confirmed KSA 49 M Confirmed KSA 55 M Confirmed KSA 29 M Confirmed KSA ~ 60 M Confirmed KSA 11 F Missing St. Catherine 5 F Confirmed St. Catherine 81 M Missing Clarendon Newborn M Confirmed 9 St. Elizabeth 68 M Confirmed Westmoreland 68 M Confirmed Source: Ministry of Health Among those who died, were six persons in Sandy Park, St. Andrew, whose two-bedroom house collapsed into the Sandy Gully, and three men who were crushed to death when a retaining wall collapsed on the shed in which they were sleeping in Norbrook Heights. A five-year old girl also lost her life when a tree fell on the house where she was sleeping in Christian Pen, St. Catherine. In addition, 42 persons (31 males and 11 females) with injuries 9 The death of the newborn was indirectly related to the disaster. 20
elated to the weather event were treated at hospitals since September 28, 2010. Nine of the injured were admitted to hospital. Three persons sustained injuries when their vehicle overturned on the Toll Road near Hill Run, St Catherine while five persons were injured during the microburst episode in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. As at October 3, 2010, two persons were still reported missing – an 11 year old from Sandy Park, Kingston and St. Andrew and an 81 year old from Riversdale, St. Catherine. Males suffered the brunt of injury and death accounting for 75 per cent of the deceased and 74 per cent of the injured. 21
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 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: Figure 9: Communities Affected by T
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
Page 73 and 74: VI. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF TROPICA
Page 75 and 76: unemployment levels; and 2) reduced
Page 77 and 78: January April July October January
Page 79 and 80: domestic market, business and consu
Page 81 and 82: 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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