Hurricane Harvey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Impacts in the Caribbean and Latin America== Winds left residents throughout [[Barbados]] without electricity, with a majority of outages occurring in [[Christ Church, Barbados|Christ Church]], [[Saint Joseph, Barbados|Saint Joseph]], [[Saint Lucy, Barbados|Saint Lucy]], and [[Saint Michael, Barbados|Saint Michael]] provinces. Flooding washed one house off its foundation, while water entered some houses, forcing some people to evacuate. Bridges in [[Saint Andrew, Barbados|Saint Andrew]] and Saint Joseph were damaged. Additionally, a fuel depot in [[Speightstown]] was flooded. Winds from Harvey ripped the roof off a church.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/barbados/cdema-situation-report-1-tropical-storm-harvey-400pm-august-18th-2017|title=CDEMA Situation Report #1 β Tropical Storm Harvey β as of 4:00pm on August 18th, 2017|date=August 18, 2017|work=[[Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency]]|publisher=[[ReliefWeb]]|location=New York City|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825062929/http://reliefweb.int/report/barbados/cdema-situation-report-1-tropical-storm-harvey-400pm-august-18th-2017|archive-date=August 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], nine homes were flooded and four others experienced wind damage. Also, a tree fell on a school, damaging the building. Blocked drains in [[Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Port Elizabeth]] resulted in more than 15 businesses being flooded. A total of 15 people were housed in shelters after the storm.<ref name="cdema2">{{cite report|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/saint-vincent-and-grenadines/cdema-situation-report-2-tropical-storm-harvey-1100am-august|title=CDEMA Situation Report #2 - Tropical Storm Harvey - as of 11:00am on August 22nd, 2017|date=August 22, 2017|work=Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency|publisher=ReliefWeb|location=New York City|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824000211/http://reliefweb.int/report/saint-vincent-and-grenadines/cdema-situation-report-2-tropical-storm-harvey-1100am-august|archive-date=August 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Strong winds and heavy rainfall also affected [[Suriname]] and [[Guyana]]. In the former, high winds in the capital city of [[Paramaribo]] caused roof damage to the [[Presidential Palace of Suriname|Presidential Palace]] and two homes, while the Torarica Hotel and Casino suffered structural impact. Additionally, four dwellings were deroofed in [[Commewijne District|Commewijne]] and three others lost their roofs in [[Wanica District|Wanica]]; in the latter, the Ministry of Social Affairs building was damaged by falling trees. In Guyana, the village of Jawalla bore the brunt of the storm. Four homes were demolished, while five other residences and two shops were damaged. Several public buildings were also damaged, including the community center, the village council buildings, the nursery, and public schools. A 29-year-old woman died after her house collapsed on her.<ref name="cdema2"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page