Four separate hurricanes - Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike - in the space of 30 days led to the deaths of more than 800 people. About 60 per cent of the country's harvest was destroyed and entire cities were rendered desolate and uninhabitable.
Sept 2004
Tropical Storm Jeanne deluged the tiny Caribbean country. Resulting flooding and landslides killed up to 2,500 people and displacing thousands more.
1998
Hurricane George killed more than 400 people while destroying 80 per cent of all the crops in the country.
1994
Hurricane Gordon killed over 1000 Haitians.
1963
Hurricane Flora killed over 8000 people, making it the 6th most deadly hurricane ever.
1954
Hurricane Hazel killed more than 100 people and destroyed several towns. The storm also wiped out 40 per cent of the coffee trees and 50 per cent of the cacao crop.
1946
The largest recorded earthquake in modern times on the island of Hispaniola was an 8.1-magnitude temblor that produced a tsunami and killed 1,790 people. Centered in the Dominican Republic, it extended into Haiti.
1935
An unnamed storm killed more than 2000 people.
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