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Flashback to Hurricane Gilbert

On Monday, September 12, 1988, Hurricane Gilbert pounded Jamaica, causing an estimated US$4 billion worth of damage and claiming 45 lives across the island. Gilbert was formed on September 8, 1988 and made first landfall on the east coast of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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