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Hurricane Gilbert
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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Fri 23 Sep 198821:00
BBC Radio 4
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