Hurricane Ivan - September 2004, Jamaica

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Start date: 12/09/2004

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Jamaica

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Glide number: TC-2004-000089-JAM

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Hurricane Ivan struck Jamaica between 10 and 11 September 2004. Fortunately, the island was spared the full impact of the storm due to the eye passing 48 km to the south-west of the island¹. The storm surge reached 2-8 m in height along sections of the east and south coast and waves as high as 20 m were recorded at West End, Negril².

Ivan resulted in the temporary displacement of 4000 people from 182 communities³.

Hilly areas suffered major landslides, soil erosion, tree and crop damage and major property damage was recorded in the districts of Clarendon, Manchester, St Elizabeth and Westmoreland².

The agricultural sector was severely impacted as a result of floods. Losses were recorded for crops such as coffee, bananas, citrus fruits, coconut, cocoa and sugarcane. Dairy production and the poultry industry also suffered severe losses³.

¹ ReliefWeb. 2004. Hurricane Ivan OCHA Situation Report No. 5
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-64S5KZ?OpenDocument

² Jones, J.B. 2005. Hurricane Ivan - Jamaica: An Assessment of the National Response September 3-10 2004. ODPEM.

³ ReliefWeb. 2004. Hurricane Ivan OCHA Situation Report No. 8
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SZIE-64UPGZ?OpenDocument

Event overview table

No. Deaths	15
No. Injured
No. Affected	182
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged
Other damage	- Crops - Electricity, water and food supplies
Economic cost

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