Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
(asked on 15th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of hurricane damage to the infrastructure of (1) Dominica, and (2) Antigua.
A comprehensive Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) of the hurricane damage has recently been completed in both Dominica and in Antigua and Barbuda. These were jointly undertaken by the World Bank, EU, UN Development Programme and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction. HMG’s support for reconstruction in both countries will follow the recommendations made in those needs assessments.
The detailed figures of the impact on infrastructure from the PDNA are below, all figures have been converted from US $:
Dominica | |||
Infrastructure Sector | Damages (£ M) | Losses (£ M) | Needs (£ M) |
Transport | 136 | 40 | 225 |
Electricity | 25 | 25 | 60 |
Water and Sanitation | 18 | 30 | 42 |
Telecommunication | 36 | 6 | 36 |
Airports and Port | 14 | 2 | 17 |
Total | 229 | 103 | 380 |
Antigua and Barbuda | |||
Infrastructure Sector | Damages (£) | Losses (£) | Needs (£) |
Transport | 12,059,488 | 237,588 | 21,676,863 |
Electricity | 2,464,876 | 193,278 | 6,154,170 |
Water and Sanitation | 217,746 | 0 | 259,152 |
Telecommunication | 523,962 | 27,601 | 523,951 |
Total | 15,266,072 | 458,467 | 28,614,136 |