During the great storm of 1834, Dominica was in the eye of the storm for several hours on the night of 20-21 September. The forests faced destruction as a result. The damage and disruption to estate production and trade in all quarters. The great Hurricane of 1834 followed within one month of emancipation at a time where social turmoil amplified problems of relief and recovery.

In 1806, within days of each other on September 9 and again -on September 20, 450 and 165 individuals on total were killed in two separate hurricanes. One of the hurricanes resulted in the death of 131 people died mainly as a result of the Roseau River shifting its course and flooding the capital

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A second earthquake near Lisbon, Portugal caused an extraordinary flux and reflux of the sea at Barbados.

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