As at October 26, 2007 the preliminary estimate of the damage and losses incurred by the Jamaican economy due to the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 19, 2007 was $23.05 billion (US$ 329.34 million). Damage and losses in the productive sector represented the greatest portion of impact accounting for over 50.0 percent of the estimated total. See Table below. Most of the cost was incurred within the agricultural sector and is related mainly to projected loss of revenue associated with damage to traditional export crops such as bananas, sugar and coffee.

Wilma approached Jamaica as a cluster of disturbed weather early in October, and was

The path that Hurricane Dennis took was just as forecasted (see Figure 1A & 1B), except for the rate of intensification and the speed of movement. Its centre was located approximately 60