Assessment of the Effects and Impacts caused by Hurricane Irma, The Bahamas 2017

Hurricane 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 $32.3 million of which 40.5 per cent was public and 59.5 was private. The most affected subsectors were housing, roads and airports, and telecommunications which accounted for 45.2 per cent, 32 per cent and 6.6 per cent of the total damage, respectively. In regard to the sectoral classification of damage, the social sector accounts for 52.2 per cent, followed by infrastructure (42.6 per cent), and productive (5.2 per cent).

• Record URL:
  • http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002617
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2020 United Nations and Inter-American Development Bank. Publication date on the IADB website is August 2020.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Bello, Omar
  • Hendrickson, Michael
  • Marcano, Blaine
  • Pantin, Machel
  • Mery, Gustavo
  • Espiga, Carlos
  • Espiga, Franklin
  • Gonzalez, Mauricio
  • Flores, Adrián
  • Ibarra, Francisco
  • Marconi, Salvador
  • Williams, Robert
  • Attademo-Hirt, Florencia
  • Nelson, Michael
• Publication Date: 2020

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 152p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster relief; Disaster resilience; Hurricanes; Impacts; Loss and damage; Recommendations
• Identifier Terms: Hurricane Irma, 2017
• Geographic Terms: Bahamas
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01786112
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 2021 2:25PM