<Tr> <Th> Totals: </Th> <Th> 7002233000000000000 ♠ 233 </Th> <Th> 106 </Th> <Th> 87 </Th> <Th> 40 </Th> <Th> 21 </Th> <Th> ≥ 7010750000000000000 ♠ $75 billion </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> * Because of differing sources, totals may not match . </Td> </Tr> <P> Jamaica was the first country directly affected by Sandy, which was also the first hurricane to make landfall on the island since Hurricane Gilbert, 24 years prior . Trees and power lines were snapped and shanty houses were heavily damaged, both from the winds and flooding rains . More than 100 fishermen were stranded in outlying Pedro Cays off Jamaica's southern coast . Stones falling from a hillside crushed one man to death as he tried to get into his house in a rural village near Kingston . After 6 days another fatality recorded as a 27 - year - old man, died due to electrocution, attempting a repair . The country's sole electricity provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company, reported that 70 percent of its customers were without power . More than 1,000 people went to shelters . Jamaican authorities closed the island's international airports, and police ordered 48 - hour curfews in major towns to keep people off the streets and deter looting . Most buildings in the eastern portion of the island lost their roofs . Damage was assessed at approximately $100 million throughout the country . </P> <P> In Haiti, which was still recovering from both the 2010 earthquake and the ongoing cholera outbreak, at least 54 people died, and approximately 200,000 were left homeless as a result of four days of ongoing rain from Hurricane Sandy . Heavy damage occurred in Port - Salut after rivers overflowed their banks . In the capital of Port - au - Prince, streets were flooded by the heavy rains, and it was reported that "the whole south of the country is underwater". Most of the tents and buildings in the city's sprawling refugee camps and the Cité Soleil neighborhood were flooded or leaking, a repeat of what happened earlier in the year during the passage of Hurricane Isaac . Crops were also wiped out by the storm and the country would be making an appeal for emergency aid . Damage in Haiti was estimated at $750 million (2012 USD), making it the costliest tropical cyclone in Haitian history . In the month following Sandy, a resurgence of cholera linked to the storm killed at least 44 people and infected more than 5,000 others . </P>

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