Natural disaters belonging to Hurricane category

Hurricane Irma 2017

No reports of deaths/missing persons

Damage to homes in areas such as Conaree, Molineaux and St.Paul’s Keys
Downed poles and trees
Disruption of electricity supply

Nevis

Power went out.
Twelve shelters were opened with 33 persons housed
Several persons had to be evacuated due to roofs of homes being blown off.

EMDAT (2018) cited 20,000,000 USD in damage .

Source: https://goo.gl/rZBqWS, https://goo.gl/4m7vfS

Hurricane Earl 2010

On Monday, August 30 Hurricane Earl a Category 2 storm passed approximately 73 miles north of St. Kitts-Nevis. The Meteorological Office at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport recorded wind gusts of 45 mph and 3.82 inches of rainfall between 8:00 p.m. Sunday and 2:00 p.m. Monday. Carl Herbert, National Disaster Coordinator at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said he felt the minimal impact on property was largely due to preparedness efforts of citizens.“People heeded the storm warnings and advice given about prepared for Hurricane Earl, and it showed.

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