Working Paper Series: Special Edition of 2016 to 2018 Interns

Appendix

Table 1: Major Disasters in the ECCU over the period 1980-2016 Country Impact

Natural Disaster

Hurricane Luis

Antigua and Barbuda

• Decrease in GDP of 5.0 per cent • Electricity outages up to six months • Closure of tourism facilities for several months

1995

Tropical Storm Erika 2015

Dominica

• Cost of Damages totalling EC$1.3b • Major damages to transportation, housing and agricultural sectors • Damages in excess of 200 per cent of GDP • 89.0 per cent of the housing stock severely damaged, with 30.0 beyond repair • Significant losses to both the agriculture and tourism sectors

Hurricane Ivan

Grenada

2004

Volcanic Eruptions

Montserrat

• Two-thirds of the islands uninhabitable; • Tourism industry decimated; lack of air access; • Large scale destruction to the capital stock; • Has yet to return to the pre-crisis GDP levels

1995-1997

Hurricane Georges

St Kitts and Nevis

• EC$1.2b in damages incurred • 80.0 per cent of the housing stock affected • Widespread destruction to electricity and tourism infrastructure • Cost of damages approximately EC$907.2m (36.0 per cent of GDP); • Major losses to tourism industry and infrastructure generally; • Cancellation of seven cruise ship visits; • Cost of damages approximately EC$291.4m or 15 per cent of GDP • Major destruction to roads and bridges • Functioning of the economy negatively impacted via infrastructural damages

1998

Hurricane Tomas

St Lucia

2010

Trough System

St Vincent and the Grenadines

2013

Source: Country Reports

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