The Effects of Hurricane Allen on agriculture in St Lucia - with specific reference to the banana industry.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1982Description: 16p., 5 refsReport number: UNDRO-3237Subject: Hurricane Allen caused serious damge to St Lucia, as agriculture, the economy, housing, public buildings, and public activity services all suffered. On 3rd August 1980 the hurricane was the worst natural disaster to strike in living memory. St Lucia forms part of the Windward Island group in the Caribbean, between the French island of Martinique to the north and the recently independent state of St Vincent in the south. Bananas are the mainstay of the economy, the chief cash export crop. Estimates of the damage caused to agricultural crops in the South and South Western districts were extensive, with 100% damage to bananas
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Hurricane Allen caused serious damge to St Lucia, as agriculture, the economy, housing, public buildings, and public activity services all suffered. On 3rd August 1980 the hurricane was the worst natural disaster to strike in living memory. St Lucia forms part of the Windward Island group in the Caribbean, between the French island of Martinique to the north and the recently independent state of St Vincent in the south. Bananas are the mainstay of the economy, the chief cash export crop. Estimates of the damage caused to agricultural crops in the South and South Western districts were extensive, with 100% damage to bananas
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