Snapshots of Hurricane Snapshots of Hurricane Season 2010Season 2010 – Impacts

and Lessons Learnt

5th Annual Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive

Disaster Management“CDM: Strengthening Partnerships for

Resilience”December 6-10, 2010

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OUTLINE Events Hurricane Season 2010 Damages/Impacts Response Recovery Actions Lessons Learnt

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JAMAICAJAMAICA

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JAMAICAJAMAICA

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Hurricane Season 2010A very active season for the

Caribbean and Atlantic. Jamaica’s events:

Little Active for Jamaica Significant heavy rains (Sept 27-

Oct 1) associated with TD #16 – later became TS Nicole

Close call with Hurricane Tomas 5

Key Points to Note

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Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept27-Oct 2)

The system resulted in incidences of: Land slippage Flooding Freak storms Disruption of utilities Damage to overall physical infrastructure Regrettably, loss of lives (14 deaths)

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Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept27-Oct 2)

Estimates of Damages and Losses amounted to:

$20 573.5 Million (US $ 239.5 million) Disaggregated as $19 506.9 million in damage

and $1 066.5 million in losses Publicly owned properties accounted for $19

318.8 million or 93.9% Privately owned properties $1 254.6 million Damage to overall physical infrastructure Regrettably, loss of lives (14 deaths)

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Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept27-Oct 2)

Estimates of Damages and Losses amounted to:

Cost of the impact was equivalent to 1.9 per cent of current (2009) GDP

Damage and losses in the infrastructure sector represented the greatest portion of impact accounting for over 88.06%

Impact of the rains necessitated a downward revision in the projected GDP growth rate

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Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept 27-Oct 2)

IMPACT – Westmoreland

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Savanna-la-mar Baptist (Heritage Site)

Dalling Street – Freak Storm

(house completely destroyed)

House inundated – Big Bridge

House inundated - Smithfield

Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept 27-Oct 2)

IMPACT – St. Catherine

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Sylvester Drive - Bannister (Big Pond)

Sections of roadway broken away – Tredegar Park

DebrisDebris blocked – Colburn Gully, Bushy Park

Rio Cobre Drive - Lauriston

Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept 27-Oct 2)

IMPACT – Chigwell, Hanover

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Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept 27-Oct 2)

IMPACT – New Market, St. Elizabeth

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Impact from Heavy Rains (Sept 27-Oct 2)

IMPACT – Harbour View Bridge, Kingston

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Preliminary ECLAC estimates by the PIOJ

RESPONSE ACTIONS

NEOC was activated Emergency services mobilised Humanitarian Assistance (ODPEM,

Parish welfare teams, Red Cross) Parish Welfare teams activated for

conducting IDA Rapid aerial reconnaissance

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Recovery Actions conducted & underway

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Rehabilitation of roads and other infrastructure

Community welfare/humanitarian assistance

Reconstruction of homes, roofs and infrastructure

Partnerships for sustainable mitigation and reconstruction – International donor community, local partner (private/public)

Lesson LearntLesson Learnt

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Improper/Poor land use, building practices and coastal road design and construction

Inappropriate location of settlements (formal and informal)

Planning and Design deficiencies National Budget For Disaster Recovery

Necessary National Budget for DRR (factored into

agencies, ministries, departments and local governments

Way ForwardWay Forward

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View Disaster Risk Management as a Development Matter (HVA and HIA)

Strengthen the planning and enforcement capacity of LA’s or Establish RA’s

Designate no build zones and enforce status

Designate areas of high intrinsic environmental value protected areas

Restore Watersheds

Way ForwardWay Forward

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Complete a National Multi-Hazard Atlas at scales that facilitates Local Level Decision Making

Complete National Spatial Plan, Coastal Zone Management Plan

Develop National Settlement Policy/Strategy

Raise Standards of Infrastructure and enforce these standards

Enforcement, Enforcement, Enforcement

THANK YOUTHANK YOU

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