British African-Caribbean people the wartime bombing, and the shortage led to some of the first clashes with the established white community. Clashes continued and worsened into the 1950s, and riots erupted in cities including London, Birmingham and Nottingham. In 1958, attacks in the London area of Notting Hill by white youths marred relations with West Indian residents, and the following year as a positive response by the Caribbean community an indoor carnival event organised by "West Indian Gazette" editor Claudia Jones took place in St Pancras Town Hall, and would be a precursor to what became the annual Notting Hill Carnival. Some of
Hurricanes and the Making of Caribbean History Mitigation Project 2011 (CDMP), the [[Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) by CARICOM, and the University of West Indies Cyclone Resistant Housing (Caribbean) Project. [[Category:Hurricanes in the Caribbean]] Hurricanes and the Making of Caribbean History Caribbean hurricanes are one of the most frequent natural disasters that interact with human life. When someone mentions the Caribbean, people picture white sand, crystal clear water and swaying palm trees. It is a place known for its tropical weather that tourists flock to every chance they get, but what people don’t picture are the thousands of hurricanes that have made landfall on that very