On August 17, 2007 Hurricane Dean struck Dominica, causing widespread damage to the agricultural sector and significant damage to the island’s infrastructure.

This very unusual eastward-tracking and late-season storm developed in the Caribbean sea in mid-November reaching a Category 4 by November 17-19 when it stalled within the Leeward Islands in the Anguilla-St.Marteen area. It caused high seas and strom damage on western coastal areas of Dominica that are commonly less vulnerable, being on the leeward side of the island. As it was not expected to cause high winds in the Windward Islands, there was no hurricane warning in Dominica.

Three storms affected the Eastern Caribbean in rapid succession-Tropical Storm Iris on August 27, Hurricane Marilyn on September 5 and Hurricane Luis on September 18 both of Category 1 strength. Since the three events occurred within 3 weeks, it is almost impossible to separate the effects. The death that occurred was with Hurricane Luis when one man attempted to save a boat.
Dominica was not as severely impacted as other islands but the impacts on the natural resource sectors were significant