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The poorer, more crowded third of the island of Hispaniola, it was once the heart of the world's richest sugar colony, providing France with a quarter of its wealth in the late 18th century.

Crossing the island of Hispaniola it weakened to a tropical depression, and persisted until October 24, when it dissipated.

When Alpha arrived on Hispaniola it brought between 4 inches (101 mm) and 7.9 in (201 mm) of rain which triggered floods and landslides.

The cyclone rapidly weakened to tropical storm status over Hispaniola, though it regained hurricane status as it paralleled the southern coast of Cuba just offshore.

But as the contrasting fortunes of forests (a fair proxy for biodiversity) on the Korean peninsula and Hispaniola suggest, it is not so much growth as poverty that reduces biodiversity.

Last year, I drove across the island of Hispaniola, and it was surreal: You traverse what in places is a Haitian moonscape until you reach the border with the Dominican Republic — and jungle.

The circulation became disrupted while crossing Hispaniola, although it reorganized near the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Inez weakened quickly over Hispaniola, although it reintensified into a major hurricane before striking southeastern Cuba on September 30.

Alpha dumped torrential rain on the island of Hispaniola, making it the eighth wettest storm to impact poverty-stricken Haiti.

There were no reports of damage elsewhere after Cindy's rapid demise over Hispaniola, though it is likely that the remnants produced localized showers in Haiti.

The hurricane weakened slightly over the mountainous terrain of Hispaniola, although it is believed to have maintained winds of at least 75 mph (120 km/h) based on damage reports in Haiti.