SUMMARY OF DAMAGES AND LOSSES CAUSED BY HURRICANES LUIS AND MARILYN IN ST. MAARTEN, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES IN 1995

(Millions of US dollars)

Sector and Sub-sector	Estimated Damages and Losses
	Total	Direct	Indirect	Insurance reimbursement
Total	1,070.40	571.1	469.3	409.3
Infrastructure	26.5	14.1	12.4	9.9
Airports	9.2	1.3	7.9
Ports	15.4	10.9	4.5
Roads	1.9	1.9
Basic Services	61.7	33.2	28.5	12
Water supply and energy	14.8	5.9	5.9
Telecommunications	37.7	20.1	17.5
Cable television	7.6	5.6	2.0
Postal services	1.6	1.6
Production Sectors	762.6	353.3	409.3	363.9
Commerce	271.5	79.9	192.5
Tourism	490.7	274.1	216.6
Other sectors	0.4	0.2	0.2
Social Sectors	216.3	197.2	19.1	22
Housing	192.3	179.8	12.5
Education	15.6	13.3	2.3
Health	8.3	4.1	4.2
Other Damages	3.3	3.3		1.5

Table 4 summaries the damages and losses (in US dollars) caused by hurricanes Luis and Marilyn to the island of St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles in 1995. Data is provided for each economic and social sector. From the table, it can be seen that insurance reimbursement covered less than 50% of the damages sustained by the island's infrastructure. The production sectors (commerce, tourism and other) experienced the heaviest financial losses.