54 people died as a result of Hurricane Gilbert. There was 91,286,000 USD in damage.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share an island that was just north of the storm's path: there was widespread crop damage and hundreds of people left homeless. Agricultural production was severely affected following the storm.
Effect on Agriculture
- 50 per cent of coffee harvest destroyed
- 90 per cent of bananas destroyed
- 90 per cent of fruit trees damaged
- 90 per cent of black bean farms destroyed
- 100 per cent of apricot harvest lost
- 30 per cent losses to hillside farms of corn, manioc, yam, sorghum and sweet potatoes
- high animal losses (500 cattle, 125 mules/horses, 150 donkeys, 7,000 sheep/goats, 700 pigs).
Housing
All sites on southern coast of Haiti and above 400 m altitude hard hit. 9,613 houses totally or partially destroyed. (this excludes individual homes in the mountains). Numerous families were actually unprotected against unfavorable weather and lived in precarious conditions.
Source: https://www.emdat.be/database, https://goo.gl/9V929q,