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2008 Hurricane Season

Cuba - Haiti - Jamaica - Turks and Caicos

CUBA

Effects from Hurricane Ike - September


Mattresses drying outside Pinar del Rio Hospital.


Pinar del Rio Hospital.


Pinar del Rio Hospital.

Effects from Hurricane Gustav - August

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HAITI

Management of dead bodies after Hurricane Ike -Town of Cabaret

The City of Gonaives after Hurricane Ike (photos: PAHO/WHO)

Distribution of medicines in Gonaives (photos: PAHO/WHO)

Relief operations for the population of Gonaives after Hurricane Ike
(courtesy of MINUSTAH)

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JAMAICA

Location: Gordon Town, St. Andrew
Source: Shanti Persad, Jamaica Bauxite Institute.
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TURKS AND CAICOS

The damaged hospital in Grand Turk after Hurricane Ike

 

More photos from damage caused by Hurricane Ike
(copyright Ton Vlugman, PAHO/WHO):

Grand Turk

Grand Turk Hospital
South Caicos
Providenciales
Five Cays