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Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season that became the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion . [ nb 1 ] The season featured 17 named storms , 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes.
Irma was the second-most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017 in terms of barometric pressure, and the strongest worldwide in 2017 in terms of wind speed. Another eyewall replacement cycle caused Irma to weaken back to a Category 4 hurricane, but the storm re-attained Category 5 status before making landfall in Cuba .
Tropical Depression Bising developed during the first week of February, and was a factor in, and worsened the effects of, the 2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods. This was followed by Crising, the third system unofficially named by PAGASA. Heavy rains from the depression caused flooding that led to the deaths of 10 people in Cebu, Philippines ...
Tiles on the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel were blown off and broken, [21] and waves flooded a causeway to an airport near Kingston that was closed and evacuated. [22] Due to a shift Ivan's track, the capital city of Kingston was spared from extreme damage. [23] However, flooding in the city was deemed a "major catastrophe". [24]
Just days before Harvey hit, Trump signed an executive order revoking regulations that would've protected federally-funded infrastructure from flooding.
Tropical storm Harvey has dumped over 2 feet of rain on Houston, Texas, and 2 more feet are expected.
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths.