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enefit from fishing since these areas act as habitat and nursery areas for fish and other marine organisms. Although fish abundance may increase shortly after a storm event, this is short-lived because the coastal and marine ecosystems have been damaged which may eventually lead to migration or death of fish. Other sectors such as tourism could be impacted from changes in beach morphology, beach erosion and loss of beach due to loss of coral reefs. The high turbidity of coastal waters and debris on beaches affect tourism by reducing aesthetic appeal. Runoff bearing diverse pollutants including sewage not only affects coastal ecosystems but also threatens the health of people living near the coast. Forestry The value of total damage and losses to forestry was estimated at $5.65 million. This resulted mainly from the scouring of road surfaces, landslides, damage to timber stands and retaining structures; and loss of seedlings due to flooding of nurseries. 60
VI. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM NICOLE C. SUMMARY OF THE DAMAGE AND LOSSES The total cost of damage and losses associated with Tropical Storm Nicole was estimated at $20.58 billion (US $239.6 million 19 ), disaggregated as $19.51 billion in damage and $1.07 billion in losses 20 . With regard to total damage, publicly owned properties accounted for $19.32 billion or 93.9 per cent, while privately owned properties accounted for the remaining $1.26 billion. The approximately $20.6 billion in total cost represents 1.9 per cent of 2009 current GDP. This was, however, dwarfed by the 8.0 per cent of GDP that Hurricane Ivan racked up in 2004, but similar to 2.0 per cent of GDP as a result of Tropical Storm Gustav in 2008. Consequently, the shock to the economy associated with Tropical Storm Nicole caused a detraction of 0.1 percentage point from GDP estimates, resulting in a new projected annual GDP change of -0.6 per cent. As evidenced by the sums provided in Table 25 the country’s infrastructure was severely affected, with damage amounting to $18 089.0 million and losses of $28.4 million, translating in a total cost of $18,117.4 million. This represented 88 per cent of the total cost. Costs associated with the impact on the productive sector ($763.0 million), social sector ($1 641.6 million), the Environment ($7.6 million) and expenditure on emergency operations ($48.9 million) accounted for the remaining 11.9 per cent (see Table 25). Damage to the transport/roads and bridges was the most significant. The roads under the responsibility of the National Works Agency were the worst affected, followed by Parish Council and farm roads. While the devastation was islandwide, the parishes in the western section of the island were the hardest hit. 19 Exchange rate: J $85.89 = US $1 (Bank of Jamaica Exchange Rate for September) 20 The estimates delineated for losses may be underestimated as at the time of writing the relevant data were not fully tabulated. 61
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JAMAICA MACRO SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND EN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Radar Com
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Executive Summary Description of th
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Infrastructure As in the case with
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Education Total damage to education
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I. INTRODUCTION The Meteorological
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On September 30, most parishes cont
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Table 1: Wind Analysis Parish Stati
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• 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
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Page 33 and 34: elated to the weather event were tr
Page 35 and 36: At the time of the event, the predo
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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: Waste Significant volumes of waste
Page 75 and 76: unemployment levels; and 2) reduced
Page 77 and 78: January April July October January
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Page 81 and 82: State of Emergency in sections of K
Page 83 and 84: mainly to a reduction in outflow of
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Page 87 and 88: VII. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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Page 93 and 94: RADAR SUMMARY DATE : September 26,
Page 107 and 108: APPENDIX 3 Depression in New Market
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