Effects Other wikis From September 8 to 14, 2004, Hurricane Ivan moved through the Caribbean Sea, affecting all of the Greater Antilles.

It first lashed the southern coasts of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola with high waves, killing five people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti; in the latter country, two others drowned due to storm flooding.

That day, a tropical storm watch was issued for the southern Dominican Republic from Santo Domingo to the country's border with Haiti.

[12] Workers boarded up windows, and grocery stores remained open later than normal to allow for residents to purchase supplies.

It generated high waves that washed rocks and debris ashore southern Puerto Rico near Salinas.

[16] Strong surf also affected the southern coast of Haiti, causing damage to the port and wrecking three houses at Jacmel.

[5] Heavy storm rainfall, which reached 72 mm (2.8 in) at Les Cayes,[3] flooded irrigation channels along the Artibonite River in Haiti.

The storm turned westward before affecting the island, and an eyewall replacement cycle weakened the intensity slightly, keeping the strongest Category 4 winds offshore.

On Pedro Bank, located southwest of Jamaica, an anemometer recorded winds of 133 mph (214 km/h) averaged over ten minutes, before the instrument stopped reporting.

Tiles on the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel were blown off and broken,[21] and waves flooded a causeway to an airport near Kingston that was closed and evacuated.

[25] The majority of tourism and resort areas suffered "mainly cosmetic damage and all structures remained primarily intact".

[26] In the aftermath of the storm, looters were reported roaming the streets of Jamaica's capital city, Kingston, robbing emergency workers at gunpoint.

[1] As a Category 5 hurricane, Ivan passed just 25 mi (40 km) southwest of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands, on September 12.

[1] During the storm, meteorologists from Jamaica used satellite telephones to take over issuing warnings for the Cayman Islands, after the archipelago was severely damaged.

[1] Although the center of Ivan had pass through the Yucatán Channel as a Category 5 hurricane, its core approached within 17 mi (27 km) of Cape San Antonio, the westernmost point of Cuba,[1] which briefly experienced the edge of the eyewall.

Hurricane-force spread 56 mi (90 km) east of Cape San Antonio across western Pinar del Río Province, affecting the municipalities of Sandino and Mantua.

[14] In western Pinar del Río Province, Ivan's strong winds shredded the roofs of several homes.