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[2] [3] [4] Temperature rise of 2°C above preindustrial levels can increase the likelihood of extreme hurricane rainfall by four to five times in the Bahamas and three times in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. [5] A rise in sea level could impact coastal communities of the Caribbean if they are less than 3 metres (10 ft) above the sea.
The following day, the core passed 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Jamaica, affecting the island on August 11 and 12. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The storm then passed 15 mi (24 km) northeast of Grand Cayman , reaching Category 2 status just after passing the island.
Hurricane Charlie was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of the 1951 Atlantic hurricane season, the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Jamaica until Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and at the time the worst natural disaster to affect that island.
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Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.