Port salut-Jeremie,Haiti's history with tropical
systems(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given.
Years
within 60
miles
1873,1875,1886br,1887tsbr,1891ts,1905br,1909br,1910br,1911ts,1917br
1928br,1931tsbr,1932tsbr,1933tsbr,1948tsbr,1954,1958,1958ts,1963br,1964
1966br,1980,1988br,1994tsbr,2005br,2006,2007br
27
times in 137yrs end of 2007
Names from list
above
Hazel,Ella,Gerda,Flora,Cleo,Inez,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon ,Dennis,Ernesto,
How often this area gets
affected?
brushed or hit every 5.07 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(7h)once every 19.42 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next
Affected in 2007
Last affected by
December 12th,2007 Tropical storm Olga passes just north with 45mph winds while moving west.
This areas hurricane past
1873 110mph sept 28th
1875 105mph from the SE sept 12th
1954 Hazel hit oct 11th with 125mph winds & the city
of Jacmel was under water from heavy rains between 400 & 1,000 killed,40% of coffee crops destroyed.Hurricane Hazel page
1958 sept 1st hurricane Ella press 29.20 110mph 30 killed
1963 hurricane Flora
hits with 120mph winds killing 5,000 due to heavy rain reports as much as 57
inches of rain in 3 days & a 12 ft storm surge
1958 hurricane Ella hits
with 110mph winds killing 30
1964 aug 24th hurricane Cleo hits with 150mph winds
killing 192 from flooding & storm surge,an 18 mile wide swath of destruction press 28.03 4 days of hurricane force winds.Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings.
1980 hurricane allen aug 5th 160mph winds here 220 killed press 27.88. One half million homeless and damage estimates of 400 Million.
1994 Tropical storm Gordon well to the west dumps heavy rain
here killing over 1,000 people in Haiti.
2006 On Aug 27th,Ernesto breifly became a cat 1 Hurricane while moving N.W just SW of here.5 killed in Haiti hundreds of homes damaged.
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