. . . sometimes strong winds blow, and heavy rain falls.

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In the aftermath of hurricane Ivan I decided to do a little research on hurricanes in Jamaica's recorded history. I have put together a provisional list, which probably leaves out some of the important ones, but I'll keep working on it.

September 20th, 2004

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When - contains my list of Jamaican hurricanes and their dates; I will update the list as I get more accurate information.

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Where - I hope on this page to show which areas of Jamaica have suffered most from hurricanes, and why.

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How - on this page I will put eye-witness, and other accounts of some of the hurricanes.

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Other weather problems - especially drought.

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Links to useful hurricane sites:

These sites all have excellent maps of hurricane tracks:

http://weather.terrapin.com/hurricane/ 

http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/~geoff/hurrframe-yr.html 

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/index.html 

http://www.umbc.edu/geography/Geog480_HurricaneWebPage/IndexHurricanePage.html 

Essential sites for the history of Atlantic hurricanes:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadly.shtml

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html

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