Impact Other wikis The effects of Hurricane Dean in the Lesser Antilles were spread over five island countries and included 3 fatalities.

[4] At 11 p.m. AST August 15 (0300 UTC August 16) the respective governments of St. Lucia, Martinique, Saba, St. Eustatius, and Guadeloupe and its dependencies issued Hurricane watches and the government of the Netherlands Antilles issued a tropical storm watch for the island of St. Maarten,[5] as then-Tropical Storm Dean was expected to intensify to hurricane strength and reach the Windward Islands within 36 hours.

[6] Authorities in Martinique canceled a memorial to the victims of West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 and began to set up shelters.

[7] The government of Dominica also canceled leave for emergency service personnel[8] and evacuated Princess Margret Hospital, fearing that its roof might be vulnerable to the storm's winds.

[12] The Eastern Caribbean Donor Group convened a meeting on August 16 under the Chair of the Resident Representative United Nations Development Programme Barbados in anticipation of the hurricane causing significant damage and member states requiring international assistance.

[14] The Meteorological Service of Antigua issued a tropical storm warning for the British Virgin Islands that same morning,[19] and the Eastern Caribbean Donor Group convened a second meeting to finalize the coordination of three Rapid Assessment Teams.

[14] Power outages began in some neighborhoods at 6:30 p.m. AST (2230 UTC) August 16, over 12 hours before the storm arrived, and quickly spread over the entire island.

The night saw heavy rains, 4 cm (1.6 in) at Hewanorra International Airport,[20][21] and intense thunderstorms and by morning hurricane-force winds peaked at 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km/h).

[22] The winds uprooted trees,[8] downed electricity poles, disabled bridges, triggered landslides, and damaged several roofs.

Hurricane Dean tore the corrugated metal roof off Victoria Hospital's pediatric ward, but its patients had already been evacuated.

[9] The capital, Castries, was flooded by the storm surge and high seas deposited boulders and fishing boats on the streets.

Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority reported another $922,000 of damage, but none of these sectors experienced prolonged disruptions to their functionality.

[36] In Dominica, a mother and her seven-year-old son died when one of a dozen landslide caused by the heavy rains fell onto their house.

Because most equipment and supplies had also been removed, the hurricane's cost to the health sector was limited to the EC$3 million of structural damage.

[41] Although the winds and rain of the hurricane did not reach as far south as the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, sea swells on the east coast killed two people as they tried to secure a boat.

[43] CDERA dispatched a technical support team of Bajans, Montserratians, and Grenadians to Dominica on August 22 to assist in developing a damage assessment.

The Government of Venezuela sent 500 blankets, 500 sheets, 3 large tents, 120 units of tarpaulin, water, and medical supplies to Dominica.

[3] Although St. Lucia suffered significant damage to its residential structures and agricultural land, its airports and hotels were operational within days having needed only small-scale repair work.

Hospitals and other essential services kept running on standby power supplied by independent generators to assist in the cleanup and recovery efforts.

[33] The Secretary of State for the French Overseas, Christian Estrosi, visited Martinique shortly after the hurricane to inspect the damage.