Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dominica tana da saukin kamuwa da guguwa musamman saboda tsibirin yana cikin abin da ake kira yankin guguwa. A cikin 1979, Dominica ta sami kai tsaye ta hanyar Category 5 Hurricane David, wanda ya haifar da lalacewa mai yawa. A ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, 2007, Guguwar Dean
, a Category 1 a lokacin, buga tsibirin. Wata mahaifiya da ɗanta mai shekara bakwai sun mutu sa'ad da ruwa mai yawa ya yi ambaliyar ƙasa kuma ya rushe gidansu. A wani lamarin kuma mutane biyu sun ji rauni lokacin da itace ya fado kan gidansu. Firayim Minista Roosevelt Skerrit ya kiyasta cewa gidaje 100 zuwa 125 sun lalace, kuma cewa bangaren noma ya lalace sosai, musamman amfanin gona na ayaba.