Haiti's Hurricanes
1873: Hurricane Five, 115 MPH winds
1935: Unnamed storm, 2000> deaths
1954: Hurricane Hazel, 1000> deaths
1955: Hurricane Katie, 7 deaths, 115 MPH winds
1963: Hurricane Flora, 8000 deaths, 145 MPH winds
1964: Hurricane Cleo, 192 deaths, 150 MPH winds
1966: Hurricane Inez, 480 deaths, 115 MPH winds
1979: Hurricane David, 115 MPH winds
1994: Hurricane Gordon, 1000 deaths
1998: Hurricane Georges, 400 deaths, destroyed 80% of crops
2004: Hurricane Jeanne, only floods killed 3000> deaths, 13 inches of rain
2008: Hurricane Hanna, Fay, Gustav, Ike, 793 deaths, 70% of crops destroyed
Due to the country's poor funding, all their resources such as tree and coal were stripped from the mountains causing the rain water to completely rampage down. The flooding alone can kill thousands. To try and reduce the flooding caused by these hurricanes, the country has been planting trees and other greenery to "re-forest" the mountains.
Resource: https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/haiti.asp
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