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Article: After the storm: on 7 September 2004, Hurricane Ivan hit Grenada, causing millions of pounds worth of damage and killing 39 people. Visiting the area a year later, Jo Sargent was amazed both by the speed of the island's recovery and by the resilience of its people.
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- March 1, 2006
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"I came here a few days after the hurricane and tears almost came to my eyes--it was all gone. It looked like it had been bombed." Dressed in an immaculate white suit, with a military bearing that reflects his 20 years in the British Merchant Navy, my guide, Mandoo, doesn't seem the type to succumb easily to emotion. But standing in the Grand Etang forest reserve almost a year after Hurricane Ivan ripped across Grenada, he's clearly still affected by the memory.
Up here, the scars left by the hurricane's impact remain obvious. Trees, completely stripped of their leaves, stand tangled up together like spaghetti. Frankly, it's impressive that they're still here at ...