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dc.titleAssessment of the Effects and Impacts caused by Hurricane Irma, The Bahamas 2017
dc.contributor.authorBello, Omar
dc.contributor.authorHendrickson, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMarcano, Blaine
dc.contributor.authorPantin, Machel
dc.contributor.authorMery, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorEspiga, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorEspiga, Franklin
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorFlores, Adrián
dc.contributor.authorIbarra, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorMarconi, Salvador
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Robert
dc.contributor.authorAttademo-Hirt, Florencia
dc.contributor.authorNelson, Michael
dc.contributor.editorZane, Zachary
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2020-08-25T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-08-25T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractHurricane Irma was the largest hurricane observed in the Atlantic open ocean, maintaining a Category 5 for three days, and made landfall over Turks and Caicos, and later Barbuda, before reaching the southern islands of The Bahamas. It is estimated that 3515 people were evacuated with 133 public shelter used from September 6 to September 10. Hurricane Irma caused moderate damage throughout the country. Most of the damage sustained resulted from excess rainfall, storm surge and flooding. It is estimated that the total damage was $32.2 million of which 40.5 per cent was public and 59.5 was private.
dc.format.extent152
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002617
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Assessment-of-the-Effects-and-Impacts-caused-by-Hurricane-Irma-The-Bahamas-2017.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEmergency Management
dc.subjectTourism
dc.subjectFishery
dc.subjectTelecommunication
dc.subjectHurricane
dc.subjectNatural Disaster
dc.subjectCoastal Hazard
dc.subjectAirport
dc.subjectPort and Waterway
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.jelcodeN16 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeO1 - Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeF0 - International Economics: General
dc.subject.keywordsnatural disasters;Hurricane
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-JN-00092
idb.operationBH-P1130
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