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Radio 4,23 Sep 1988,15 mins

Hurricane Gilbert

Letter from America

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The impact of Hurricane Gilbert on Jamaica and Central America, and the 1938 hurricane that destroyed a large part of the forests of New England, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.

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