The hurricane season in the Tropical Atlantic and the Wider Caribbean starts on June first and ends on November 30. In an average year approximately 10 tropical storms develop and about 6 mature into hurricanes. During the hurricane season, hurricanes are most active in the months of August, September and October.
Occurence of hurricanes in our area
The ABC islands are situated in an area in the Caribbean region where the occurrences of hurricaines are very rare. Still, in a cicle of about every 100 years, these islands have been severely hit by hurricanes. This happened in 1784 and 1877. During the last century though, and up to this day, this phenomenon did not repeat itself. It is a fact that the notorious hurricanes Hazel (1954) and Janet (1955) did not affect our island as severely as did the abovementioned "centenial hurricanes".
Hurricaines and their dangers
The greatest dangers of hurricanes are:
- Giant waves causing flooding along the shorelines.
- Winds strong enough to destroy and snatch everything in its path.
- Torrential rains causing massive flooding on our island.
Bear in mind that there might be no electricity, no water, no communications and no transportation.
