Editing History of Jamaica (section)

====Hurricane Gilbert====
{{Main|Hurricane Gilbert}}
In 1988, [[Hurricane Gilbert]] produced a {{convert|19|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[storm surge]] and brought up to {{convert|823|mm|in}} of rain in the mountainous areas of Jamaica,<ref name="uwi">{{cite web|url=http://www.mona.uwi.edu/cardin/virtual_library/docs/1139/1139.pdf|title=Assessment of Rainfall Characteristics and Landslide Hazards in Jamaica|author=Ahmad, Rafi, Lawrence Brown, Jamaica National Meteorological Service|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]]|page=27|date=10 January 2006|access-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031308/http://www.mona.uwi.edu/cardin/virtual_library/docs/1139/1139.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> causing inland flash flooding. 49 people died.<ref name="1988mwr">{{cite journal|author=Lawrence, Miles B.|author2=Gross, James M.|year=1989|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1988.pdf|title=Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1988|access-date=24 February 2007|issn=0027-0644|journal=Monthly Weather Review|page=2253|volume=117|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1989)117<2248:AHSO>2.0.CO;2|issue=10|bibcode=1989MWRv..117.2248L|archive-date=14 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214094031/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1988.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Prime Minister [[Edward Seaga]] stated that the hardest hit areas near where Gilbert made landfall looked "like [[Hiroshima]] after the [[nuclear weapon|atom bomb]]."<ref>{{cite news|author=Patrick Reyna|agency=Associated Press|date=14 September 1988|title=Jamaica's Premier Reports Island Devastated by Hurricane|location=Kingston, Jamaica}} (accessed through LexisNexis)</ref> The storm left US$4&nbsp;billion (in 1988 dollars) in damage from destroyed crops, buildings, houses, roads, and small aircraft.<ref name="The Storm and its Effects">{{cite web|title=The Storm And Its Effects |url=http://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/eng/doc6803/doc6803-01.pdf |access-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222221941/http://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/eng/doc6803/doc6803-01.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2012 }}</ref> Two people eventually had to be rescued because of [[mudslide]]s triggered by Gilbert and were sent to the hospital. The two people were reported to be fine. No planes were going in and out of [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], and telephone lines were jammed from Jamaica to [[Florida]].

As Gilbert lashed [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], its winds knocked down power lines, uprooted trees, and flattened fences. On the north coast, {{convert|20|ft|m}} waves hit [[Ocho Rios]], a popular tourist resort where hotels were evacuated. [[Norman Manley International Airport|Kingston's airport]] reported severe damage to its aircraft, and all Jamaica-bound flights were cancelled at [[Miami International Airport]]. Unofficial estimates state that at least 30 people were killed around the island. Estimated property damage reached more than $200 million. More than 100,000 houses were destroyed or damaged and the country's [[banana]] crop was largely destroyed. Hundreds of miles of roads and highways were also heavily damaged.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hurricane Is Reported to Damage Over 100,000 Homes in Jamaica|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/13/world/hurricane-is-reported-to-damage-over-100000-homes-in-jamaica.html|author=Joseph B. Treaster|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 September 1988|access-date=4 March 2012|archive-date=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125175244/http://nytimes.com/1988/09/13/world/hurricane-is-reported-to-damage-over-100000-homes-in-jamaica.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hurricane Hunters|Reconnaissance flights]] over remote parts of Jamaica reported that 80 percent of the homes on the island had lost their roofs. The [[poultry]] industry was also wiped out; the damage from agricultural loss reached $500&nbsp; million (1988 USD). Hurricane Gilbert was the most destructive storm in the history of Jamaica and the most severe storm since [[Hurricane Charlie (1951)|Hurricane Charlie]] in [[1951 Atlantic hurricane season|1951]].<ref name="The Storm and its Effects"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Jamaica Counts the Hurricane Toll: 25 Dead and 4 Out of 5 Homes Roofless|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/15/world/jamaica-counts-the-hurricane-toll-25-dead-and-4-out-of-5-homes-roofless.html|author=Joseph B. Treaster|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 September 1988|access-date=4 March 2012|archive-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027055829/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/15/world/jamaica-counts-the-hurricane-toll-25-dead-and-4-out-of-5-homes-roofless.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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File:Gilbert 1988-09-12 1303Z.jpg|Hurricane Gilbert approaching Jamaica on 12 September
File:Hurricane Gilbert - destroyed buildings.JPEG|Buildings destroyed by Hurricane Gilbert
File:Getting water from a broken pipe in Kingston Jamaica, after Gilbert.jpg|People lined up to get water in the wake of Hurricane Gilbert
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