Hurricane Season 2008 Impacts on Jamaica. TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES 2008.

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Hurricane Season 2008 Impacts on Jamaica

TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES 2008

T.S. FAY near Jamaica

TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES 2008

T.S. GUSTAV approaching

T.S. GUSTAV over Haiti

T.S. GUSTAV stalls and relocates

T.S. GUSTAV at the coast

T.S. GUSTAV over Jamaica

T.S. GUSTAV moves away

Damage to Bridge Network

Loss of Housing Stock

Damage to Banana Industry

Damage to Road Network

TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES 2008

HURRICANE IKE over Cuba

TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMES 2008

Radar Loop of HURRICANE PALOMA

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