Anguilla

  • Hurricane Jose 1999

    The island experienced tropical force winds for 5 hours, there was heavy rainfall with 6 inches recorded in the Valley Area, The Eastern Section of the island received the strongest impact, some trees were uprooted, and a few electricity cable and telephone lines were affected, no flooding or damage to houses, Officials reported minimal or no damage in some areas

    Document: https://goo.gl/CLeXdf

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  • Hurricane Luis 1995

    Devastating Impact, hit the island with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, extensive damage to homes and buildings, high damage to livestock, shipping sector and plant life, severe disruption of public utilities leading to the island being without electricity for months. Hurricane was one of the worst in the island’s history, leading to damage of EC $149.3 million

    Document: https://goo.gl/JaARUK

    Taken from these original sources:
    Petty (2004)

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  • Hurricane Donna 1960

    125mph winds left a path of destruction in Anguilla. Some 500 houses were destroyed leading to over 1000 persons being left homeless, the hurricane wiped out the island’s entire merchant fleet. Following the hurricane, locals had to depend heavily for several weeks on relief supplies of clothing, food and medicine from other countries. The country took several years to recover from the hurricane, but it led to a revolution in building technology in the island with many of the board structures being replaced by concrete structures

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