Coffee, often simply called java, rapidly became a major island crop and was exported from there to Dutch America.
From the mid-1990s, droughts cut the islands' grain crop by 80%, and in 2002 the government appealed for international food aid after the harvest failed.
Throughout Mangaia, nearly 90% of the islands' staple crop was lost and about 60% of the livestock perished.
Nearly 90% of the islands' staple crop was lost and about 60% of all the livestock perished.
Within 20 years, thousands of feral longhorn cattle rampaged across the islands, destroying crops.
The storm, which reached wind speeds of up to 185 miles (300 km) per hour, flattened buildings throughout the islands, destroyed crops, caused loss of life, and left thousands of people homeless.
In the Ryukyu Islands, the storm brought heavy rains and high winds to several islands, damaging crops and leaving many without power.
Visions of the Caribbean island kept cropping up in his work, so he decided to move there.
The back and forth has added a new sense of urgency to the debate about Cuba policy here and in Washington, at a time when the Cuban government appears to be weakened by the storms that drowned much of the island's crops and destroyed tens of thousands of homes.
Several buildings were flooded, and an estimated 70% of the island's crops were destroyed.
Saltwater flooding contaminated the groundwater and destroyed much of the island's crops.
