effects hurricane jamaica effects hurricane jamaica included fatality million damages forming tropical wave august quickly tracked eastern caribbean_sea attained tropical storm status august passing south jamaica august storm upgraded category hurricane passage jamaica maximum winds mph low end category hurricane turning north storm impacted western cuba category storm making landfall florida strong category storm eventually dissipated august approached jamaica officials issued tropical storm watches warnings issuing hurricane watch cruise ships diverted docking jamaica affecting passengers numerous shelters set island relatively people sought refuge category hurricane caused significant damage southern jamaica sustained worst damage farmers reported damage point flooding isolated families fatality jamaica occurred man attempted rescue family swept away flood waters following storm search rescue teams deployed flooded regions days later officials allocated roughly million repair damaged roads residents areas sustained severe agricultural losses requested assistance government background hurricane began tropical wave moved west coast africa early august tracking westward system gradually organized declared tropical depression august located roughly south southeast barbados following day depression intensified tropical storm given entering eastern caribbean_sea quickly tracking northwest small storm intensified late august traveled south jamaica attained hurricane intensity winds reaching mph following days storm curved northeast impacted western cuba category hurricane striking florida intense category hurricane winds mph august weakened rapidly tracked northeast dissipating august near long_island new_york preparations august national_hurricane_center nhc based miami florida issued tropical storm watch entire island jamaica tropical storm intensified eastern caribbean_sea later day watch upgraded warning storm quickly approached island early august hurricane watch declared island neared hurricane intensity late august watches warnings jamaica changed hurricane warnings attained category status saffir simpson hurricane scale warning later discontinued august tracked cuba longer threat jamaica following issuance hurricane watches minister transport works jamaica closed airports international airport island shut ports total flights canceled delayed storm roughly passengers carnival conquest cruise ship diverted scheduled arrival resulting millions dollars losses cruise ship triumph carrying passengers diverted businesses island closed august emergency shelters set island ahead storm press reports indicate sought refuge shelters residents coast urged evacuate risk storm surge large swells low lying communities rain fell eastern portions island triggering mudslides august opened preparation hurricane placed warning level lowest warning level residents country stocked emergency supplies non food noted increase sales shops saint james parish emergency officials activated necessary agencies august late august emergency officials quickly opened shelters parish residents sought refuge shelters opened parish total million allocated repairs storm alerted local branches prepared approached impact aftermath august yacht carrying people disabled roughly southeast rescued crew members following day brought severely exhausted preparations storms ahead hurricane knocked power isolated areas nearly completing restoration initial power lightning struck power line left residents electricity community significantly affected flooding families isolated area fatality storm occurred community man washed away trying rescue family severity damage prompted chairman state declared disaster area torrential rains hour span overnight triggered flooding area homes severe flooding inundated homes damaged roadways home sustained significant damage large tree fell kingston high winds damaged power lines homes water supply regions cut damage high water widespread power outages occurred numerous downed trees power lines banana industry sustained severe losses trees downed fruit damaged numerous livestock drowned flood waters initial assessments agricultural losses storm reached million million residents requested government immediate assistance families source food income official assessments parishes placed damage agriculture livestock million million roughly million accounting farmers roads sustained substantial damage separate roads experiencing severe impacts country total million provided repair roads million widespread damage crops resulted increased price store costs loss farmers followed month drought preceded damaging ruined crops following storm search rescue teams deployed mainly parish following reports flooding
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