Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He tino tūpono a Dominica ki ngā hau hau, i te mea kei roto te motu i te wāhi e kiia nei ko te rohe hau hau. I te tau 1979, i pa tika a Dominica ki te Hurricane David o te Rōpū 5, i puta ai te kino nui me te kino. I te 17 o Akuhata 2007,
Ko te awhiowhio a Dean, he Rōpū 1 i taua wā, i pā ki te motu. I mate tētahi whaea me tana tama e whitu tau te pakeke i te hinganga o te whenua i pā mai i te ua kaha ki runga i to rātau whare. I tētahi atu take, tokorua ngā tāngata i whara i te hinganga o tētahi rākau ki runga i to rātau whare. I whakaarohia e te Pirimia Roosevelt Skerrit e 100 ki te 125 nga whare i pakaru, a he nui te kino o te mara ahuwhenua, ina koa ko te hua panana.