In-Depth
6 December 2017

The hurricanes of 2017

Full coverage: How the Caribbean responds to, and recovers from, hurricanes and other natural disasters

Ben Parker/IRIN

In-Depth Stories:

It's turning out to be a record-breaking hurricane season, with the impacts felt from mighty Houston to tiny Dominica and Barbuda.

IRIN's reporting details the context and the policy, as well as the people and politics behind the unprecedented onslaught of of 2017's natural disasters in the Caribbean.

In-depth Stories

Aid and Policy
- Analysis
- 24 November 2017
Recovery pledges for hurricane-ravaged Caribbean are a drop in the ocean

Saddled with debt, small storm-prone islands and territories require more than the traditional donor toolkit
Environment and Disasters
- Photo feature
- 30 October 2017
Dominica's devastation and recovery in pictures

It will take years, but the Caribbean island's rebirth after Hurricane Maria is beginning
Environment and Disasters
- Feature
- 18 October 2017
Exodus from hurricane-hit Dominica as recovery remains elusive

While some just want a break from the stress of post-Maria Dominica, others plan on leaving for good
Environment and Disasters
- News
- 7 November 2017
In the eye of the storm: small island states call for action at climate change summit

While countries thrash out a way forward on climate pledges, island states deal with the consequences of sea-level rise and tropical storms
Environment and Disasters
- Feature
- 16 October 2017
Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now

Dominica is slowly rebuilding, but is climate change an existential threat to the Caribbean country?
Aid and Policy
- Investigations
- 11 October 2017
Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale?

A battle over land on the tiny hurricane-hit island will profoundly shape its future
Environment and Disasters
- Feature
- 26 October 2017
The Catch-22 delaying the reconstruction of hurricane-hit Barbuda

Islanders won’t return to no homes, but the rebuild can’t really get going until they do
Solutions and Innovations
- Analysis
- 28 September 2017
Hurricane response: Caribbean disaster agency comes of age

Caribbean leadership is taking charge of managing the emergency response, asking the UN to play a supporting role - a "glimpse of the future"?
Aid and Policy
- Feature
- 27 September 2017
A post-disaster map of Caribbean politics and aid status

The Caribbean’s political and economic blocs, in one diagram
Environment and Disasters
- Photo feature
- 22 September 2017
Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”

As aid and military teams converge in Dominica, what will it take to get the island back on track?
Environment and Disasters
- News
- 18 September 2017
Barbuda begins difficult road to recovery after Hurricane Irma

In photos: A smashed up town, but resilient people
Environment and Disasters
- News
- 16 December 2010
Disaster insurance the Caribbean way

Under the new Cancun Agreements, endorsed at...
Environment and Disasters
- News
- 8 September 2017
Hurricane Irma highlights the great divide in disaster vulnerability

It’s no surprise small and/or poor suffer most when a hurricane hits the Caribbean

(formerly IRIN News) Journalism from the heart of crises

The hurricanes of 2017

In-Depth Stories:

In-depth Stories

Recovery pledges for hurricane-ravaged Caribbean are a drop in the ocean

Dominica's devastation and recovery in pictures

Exodus from hurricane-hit Dominica as recovery remains elusive

In the eye of the storm: small island states call for action at climate change summit

Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now

Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale?

The Catch-22 delaying the reconstruction of hurricane-hit Barbuda

Hurricane response: Caribbean disaster agency comes of age

A post-disaster map of Caribbean politics and aid status

Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”

Barbuda begins difficult road to recovery after Hurricane Irma

Disaster insurance the Caribbean way

Hurricane Irma highlights the great divide in disaster vulnerability

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(formerly IRIN News) Journalism from the heart of crises

In-depth Stories

Recovery pledges for hurricane-ravaged Caribbean are a drop in the ocean

Dominica's devastation and recovery in pictures

Exodus from hurricane-hit Dominica as recovery remains elusive

In the eye of the storm: small island states call for action at climate change summit

Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now

Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale?

The Catch-22 delaying the reconstruction of hurricane-hit Barbuda

Hurricane response: Caribbean disaster agency comes of age

A post-disaster map of Caribbean politics and aid status

Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”

Barbuda begins difficult road to recovery after Hurricane Irma

Disaster insurance the Caribbean way

Hurricane Irma highlights the great divide in disaster vulnerability

Support our work

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