In-Depth
6 December 2017

The hurricanes of 2017

Disaster preparedness and response in the Caribbean

(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.

Aid and Policy
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
- Analysis
- 24 November 2017 24 Nov 2017
Environment and Disasters
Devastation and recovery in Dominica

It will take years, but the Caribbean island's rebirth after Hurricane Maria is beginning
- Photo feature
- 30 October 2017 30 Oct 2017
Environment and Disasters
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
- Feature
- 18 October 2017 18 Oct 2017
Environment and Disasters
Small island states urge climate change action

While countries thrash out a way forward on climate pledges, island states deal with the consequences of sea-level rise and tropical storms
- News
- 7 November 2017 7 Nov 2017
Environment and Disasters
Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now

Dominica is slowly rebuilding, but is climate change an existential threat to the Caribbean country?
- Feature
- 16 October 2017 16 Oct 2017
Aid and Policy
Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale?

A battle over land on the tiny hurricane-hit island will profoundly shape its future
- Investigations
- 11 October 2017 11 Oct 2017
Environment and Disasters
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
- Feature
- 26 October 2017 26 Oct 2017
Solutions and Innovations
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"?
- Analysis
- 28 September 2017 28 Sep 2017
Aid and Policy
Politics of the Caribbean

The Caribbean’s political and economic blocs, in one diagram
- Feature
- 27 September 2017 27 Sep 2017
Environment and Disasters
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?
- Photo feature
- 22 September 2017 22 Sep 2017
Environment and Disasters
Barbuda begins difficult road to recovery after Hurricane Irma

In photos: A smashed up town, but resilient people
- News
- 18 September 2017 18 Sep 2017
Environment and Disasters
Disaster insurance the Caribbean way

Under the new Cancun Agreements, endorsed at...
- News
- 16 December 2010 16 Dec 2010
Environment and Disasters
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
- News
- 8 September 2017 8 Sep 2017

The hurricanes of 2017

In-Depth Stories:

In-depth Stories

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

Devastation and recovery in Dominica

Exodus from hurricane-hit Dominica as recovery remains elusive

Small island states urge climate change action

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

Politics of the Caribbean

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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