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

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Petty (2004)

This category 1 hurricane caused minimal damage to housing but caused considerable loss of food crops and livestock leading to loss of food crops and livestock. Between 800-1000 animals were destroyed.

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Petty (2004)

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