Preparations began in August 2020 when the Mona Geoinformatics institute (MGI) recruited, me a GIS research associate to work full time on the Caribbean Cyclone Cartography (CCC) project. I had not long graduated with an MSc in Geospatial Science and was delighted to find a project that aligned to the focus of my thesis, which mapped the impacts of hurricane …

Three years ago, the skies over the island nation of Dominica darkened, powerful winds picked up, and waves began crashing onshore with great intensity. Unknown to the people of Dominica, Hurricane Maria was gearing up to make landfall on the southwest coast of the island, a hurricane event that would eventually leave 31 people dead, 37 missing, and destroy more than 90% of …